The Up-Link Problem: Using RytovProp for Beam Propagation Calculations--Conference Proceedings (Postprint)

Abstract

RytovProp is a new approach to the task of generating a large number of random realizations manifesting some aspect(s) of the effect of turbulence on optical propagation. This method has been applied to the evaluation of Up-Link performance delivery of laser power from a simple ground transmitter to a satellite. This computational method allows the development of hundreds of thousands of statistically independent random realizations of the laser power density at the satellite in just one or two minutes on an ordinary PC.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488252

Entities

People

  • David L. Fried

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Optics
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Motion
  • Computational Science
  • Laser Beams
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Random Variables
  • Square Roots
  • Statistics
  • Strehl Ratio
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transmitters
  • Turbulence
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • International Relations and Conflict Resolution
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Space
  • Space - Satellites