The aggregate behavior of branch points - Branch point density as a characteristic of an atmospheric turbulence simulator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7466, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Oesch, Denis W ^a   Sanchez, Darryl J ^a   Tewksbury Christle, Carolyn M ^a   Kelly, Patrick R ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmosphere; Branch points; Density; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY; ATMOSPHERIC SIMULATIONS; BRANCH POINTS; DIRECTED ENERGY; FRIED'S PARAMETERS; GREENWOOD FREQUENCY; INTENSITY MEASUREMENTS; OPEN LOOPS; SCINTILLATION INDEX; STARFIRE OPTICAL RANGE; TEST CONFIGURATIONS; TURBULENCE CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SCINTILLATION; SIMULATORS; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 79959331411     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.829277     Document Type: Conference Paper

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