Mutual coherence function of a beam propagating in a turbulent medium /
Ronald L. Fante.

Description

Main Author

Fante, Ronald L. (Ronald Louis), 1936-

Related Names

Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)

Language(s)

English

Published

L.G. Hanscom Field, Massachusetts : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1973.

Subjects

Beams (radiation)
Turbulence.
Laser beams.
Coherence (Optics)
Atmospheric circulation.
Coherence (Optics)
Turbulence.
Atmospheric circulation.
Laser beams.

Summary

Using transport theory the mutual coherence function of a beam propagating in a turbulent medium has been studied in detail, including the effect of the beam size, focal length and strength of the turbulence. The most detailed results are obtained for the MCF when the fluctuations have a Gaussian spectrum, but simple closed-form asymptotic results have also been obtained when the spectrum is a von Karman. (Author).

Note

Research supported by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, L.G. Hanscom Field, Bedford, Massachusetts.
Microwave Physics Laboratory Project 5635.
AD0772659 (from http://www.dtic.mil).
"7 September 1973."

Physical Description

38 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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