Averaging of the Fluctuations of a Spherical Wave over the Receiving Aperture

Abstract

If a light source is in a turbulent medium or at a short distance from a turbulent layer, then the incident wave cannot be considered as plane, and in all calculations it is necessary to consider its spherical property. The problem which is of practical interest, dealing with the incidence of a wave which passed through a turbulent layer on an elongated objective, was solved in a previous paper only for a plane wave. In this work the results of the previous paper are generalized for the case of a spherical wave.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 30, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756928

Entities

People

  • A. I. Kon

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Amplitude
  • Bessel Functions
  • Foreign Technology
  • Fresnel Zones
  • Intensity
  • Light Sources
  • Plane Waves
  • Refractive Index
  • Spherical Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Transitions
  • Translations
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Library and Information Science