Optical Scintillation Statistics for Infrared Ground-to-Space Laser Communication Systems.

Abstract

Statistical estimates of selected scintillation parameters for an infrared laser ground-to-space communication system are presented for a point receiving aperture. The quantities estimated here are the fraction of time that the signal power is both above and below a given value, the mean number of times per second the signal power crosses a given signal level, and the mean duration of both surges and fades for a given log-irradiance variance. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA136607

Entities

People

  • H. T. Yura
  • W. G. Mckinley

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Communication Channels
  • Communication Systems
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Information Science
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Power Spectra
  • Spectra
  • Statistics
  • Turbulence

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space