The Scintillation Index In Moderate To Strong Turbulence For The Gaussian Beam Wave Along A Slant Path

Scintillation is one of the most common statistics in the literature of mathematical modeling of laser propagation through random media. One approach to estimating scintillation is through the Rytov approximation, which is limited to weak atmospheric turbulence. Recently, an improvement of the Rytov approximation was developed employing a linear filter function technique. This modifies the Rytov approximation and extends the validity into the moderate to strong regime. In this work, an expression governing scintillation of a Gaussian beam along an uplink slant path valid in all regimes of turbulence is presented, as well as results for the limiting cases of a plane wave and a spherical wave.

Author dc:creator

• Thomas, Fredrick Eugene

Contributors dc:contributor

• Young, Cynthia

• atmospheric propagation
• scintillation
• optical turbulence
• Mathematics

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

CFE0000670

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:stars.library.ucf.edu:etd-1507