Effects of Turbulence Instabilities on Laser Propagation

Abstract

When images are formed from laser beams propagating through turbulent air, a variety of scintillation phenomena occurs: beam wander, intensity fluctuations, hot- and cold-spot formation, image blurring, spot broadening, etc. The purpose of this project is to study these effects analytically, and thus to interpret measurements and predict performance in future laser systems.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 08, 1971
Accession Number
AD0734798

Entities

People

  • David A. De Wolf

Organizations

  • Sarnoff Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Contracts
  • Delta Functions
  • Diffraction
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Radiation
  • Refractive Index
  • Spectra
  • Spherical Waves
  • Statistics
  • Turbulence
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy