Abstract
Diffraction-limited low power laser beams at 1.06 and 3.8 μm were focused by a 91-cm diam aperture onto a receiver located 10.5 km away on a low slant angle path over a desert basin. The analysis of beam areas and turbulence levels was used to determine a new scaling law for tilt-corrected turbulence-induced beam spread.
© 1991 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
S. S. Khmelevtsov
Appl. Opt. 12(10) 2421-2433 (1973)
A. G. Borovoy, G. Ya. Patrushev, and A. I. Petrov
Appl. Opt. 27(17) 3704-3714 (1988)
Vladimir S. Sirazetdinov
Appl. Opt. 47(7) 975-985 (2008)