The aggregate behavior of branch points - The creation and evolution of branch points

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7466, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Sanchez, Darryl J ^a   Oesch, Denis W ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmosphere; Branch points; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR; BRANCH CUTS; BRANCH POINTS; OPTICAL WAVES; TURBULENCE LAYERS; UPSTREAM TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVEFRONTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 79959339396     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.829484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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