Experimental study on beam wander under varying atmospheric turbulence conditions

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1691-1693

  Kaushal, Hemani ^a   Kumar, Vivek ^a   Dutta, Agnibesh ^a   Aennam, Harika ^a   Jain, V K ^a   Kar, Subrat ^a   Joseph, Joby ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; beam wander; free space optics; Gaussian beam

Indexed keywords

BEAM WANDER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FREE SPACE OPTICS; GAUSSIANS; MAJOR FACTORS; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SCINTILLATION;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 80055032745     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2166113     Document Type: Article

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