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THE SCINTILLATION INDEX IN MODERATE TO STRONG TURBULENCE FOR THE GAUSSIAN BEAM WAVE ALONG A SLANT PATH
| Title: | THE SCINTILLATION INDEX IN MODERATE TO STRONG TURBULENCE FOR THE GAUSSIAN BEAM WAVE ALONG A SLANT PATH. |
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| Name(s): |
Thomas, Fredrick, Author Young, Cynthia, Committee Chair University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor |
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| Type of Resource: | text | |
| Date Issued: | 2005 | |
| Publisher: | University of Central Florida | |
| Language(s): | English | |
| Abstract/Description: | 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. | |
| Identifier: | CFE0000670 (IID), ucf:46509 (fedora) | |
| Note(s): |
2005-08-01 M.S. Arts and Sciences, Department of Mathematics Masters This record was generated from author submitted information. |
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| Subject(s): |
atmospheric propagation scintillation optical turbulence |
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| Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0000670 | |
| Restrictions on Access: | public | |
| Host Institution: | UCF |
