Propagation of Multiwavelength Laser Radiation through Atmospheric Turbulence
Abstract
This report describes recent progress and ongoing efforts on several topics in optical propagation through atmospheric turbulence. In Section II, are described some further results on the short-term statistics of turbulence and scintillation, which supplement the detailed treatment given in the preceding report on this program. In Section III, the authors discuss a new topic, the conditional fading statistics of a scintillating signal or target illumination, in which the state of the 'channel' is investigated immediately following the onset of a 'good' interval. Finally, in Section IV the authors describe new experimental work and facilities, including multiwavelength target-irradiance investigations with beam-wander cancelling tracker very-long-path or strong- scattering scintillation phenomena, and other areas of interest.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA014433
Entities
People
- J. Richard Kerr
- James R. Dunphy
- Philip A. Pincus
- Richard A. Elliott