A Physical Model for Strong Optical Amplitude Fluctuations in a Turbulent Medium,
Abstract
In the paper a heuristic derivation of the amplitude statistics of a plane wave propagating in a turbulent medium is given. The results are based on a generalization of Tatarskii's geometrical optics model of amplotude fluctuations. For this reason, the results given are to be regarded as an order of magnitude estimate, rather than a rigorous quantitative derivation. The purpose here is to correctly describe the physical optic effects rather than be mathematically rigourous, hence, all multiplicative factors of the order unity are neglected. As is shown, good qualitative agreement with experimental measurements of amplitude statistics is obtained for both variance and covariance measurements.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 15, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0770578
Entities
People
- Hal T. Yura
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation