Short-Term Spot Size and Beam Wander in a Turbulent Medium

Abstract

The authors have calculated the short-term beam spread and beam wander of a laser beam propagating in a turbulent medium. These results have been used to calculate the probability that, due to beam wander, the beam will fail to hit a receiver aperture.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 27, 1974
Accession Number
ADA006032

Entities

People

  • Richard L. Taylor
  • Ronald L. Fante

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Diameters
  • Equations
  • Intensity
  • Laser Beams
  • Lasers
  • Probability
  • Random Variables
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Transmitters
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Acoustical Oceanography.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy