Aggregate behavior of branch points: Characterization in wave optical simulation

Optical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

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

^a SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric propagation; Branch points; Optical vortices; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; AMPLITUDE FLUCTUATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; BRANCH POINTS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; OPTICAL VORTICES; WAVE OPTICAL SIMULATION; WAVE OPTICS SIMULATION;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; TURBULENCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE;

EID: 84875157804     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.51.10.106001     Document Type: Article

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