Modeling, Simulation, and Estimation of Optical Turbulence

Abstract

This dissertation documents three new contributions to simulation and modeling of optical turbulence. The first contribution is the formalization, optimization, and validation of a modeling technique called successively conditioned rendering (SCR). The SCR technique is empirically validated by comparing the statistical error of random phase screens generated with the technique. The second contribution is the derivation of the covariance delineation theorem, which provides theoretical bounds on the error associated with SCR. It is shown empirically that the theoretical bound may be used to predict relative algorithm performance. Therefore, the covariance delineation theorem is a powerful tool for optimizing SCR algorithms. For the third contribution, we introduce a new method for passively estimating optical turbulence parameters, and demonstrate the method using experimental data.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA464766

Entities

People

  • Byron P. Formwalt

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Covariance
  • Data Science
  • Evolutionary Algorithms
  • Experimental Data
  • Heuristic Methods
  • Information Science
  • Mathematics
  • Optimization
  • Simulations
  • Statistical Algorithms
  • Theses
  • Turbulence
  • Validation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Software Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.
  • Systems Analysis and Design