Stratospheric Laser Propagation
Abstract
The University of Colorado simulated the evolution of the twopoint coherence function of a plane wave propagating through globally intermittent turbulence. The specific parameters of the probability-density function used were taken from stratospheric experiments. The contractor found that including the large-scale variability of the inner scale requires to carefully define the non- intermittent case. The results show that the coherence of propagation through intermittency, which is known to be strictly larger than the coherence through a medium with the average of the structure function becomes practically smaller than the coherence through the medium described by a structure function with average parameters. The phenomenon was explained theoretically.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2002
- Accession Number
- ADA408139
Entities
People
- Robert R. Beland
Organizations
- University of Colorado Boulder