Statistics of optical vortex wander on propagation through atmospheric turbulence

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 708-716

  Gu, Yalong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; TOPOLOGY;

APERTURE AVERAGING; OPTICAL VORTICES; OPTIMAL DETECTORS; PROBABILITY DENSITIES; TOPOLOGICAL CHARGES; TRANSVERSE PLANES; WEAK TURBULENCE;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84877640278     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.30.000708     Document Type: Article

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