Field guide to atmospheric optics /
The material in this Field Guide includes a review of classical Kolmogorov turbulence theory, Gaussian-beam waves in free space, and atmospheric effects on a propagating optical wave. These atmospheric effects have great importance in a variety of applications like imaging, free space optical commun...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Bellingham, Wash. (1000 20th St. Bellingham WA 98225-6705 USA) :
SPIE,
2004.
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| Series: | SPIE field guides ;
FG02. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The material in this Field Guide includes a review of classical Kolmogorov turbulence theory, Gaussian-beam waves in free space, and atmospheric effects on a propagating optical wave. These atmospheric effects have great importance in a variety of applications like imaging, free space optical communications, laser radar, and remote sensing. This Guide presents tractable mathematical models from which the practitioner can readily determine beam spreading, beam wander, spatial coherence radius (Fried's parameter), angle of arrival fluctuations, scintillation, aperture averaging effects, fade probabilities, bit error-rates, and enhanced backscatter effects, among others. |
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| Item Description: | "SPIE digital library." Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 96 pages) : illustrations. Also available in print version. |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780819478177 (electronic) |
| DOI: | 10.1117/3.549260 |
| Access: | Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers. |