Title

I-K Distribution As A Universal Propagation Model Of Laser-Beams In Atmospheric Turbulence

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Abbreviated Journal Title

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A-Opt. Image Sci. Vis.

Keywords

Business; Finance

Abstract

A new propagation model is developed for the intensity fluctuations of a laser beam propagating through extended clear-air turbulence. The field of the optical wave is modeled as the sum of a coherent (deterministic) component and a random component, the intensity of which is assumed governed by the generalized n distribution of Nakagami. We further assume that the statistics are inherently nonstationary by treating the average intensity of the random portion of the field as a fluctuating quantity. The resulting unconditional I–K distribution for the intensity fluctuations is a generalized form of the K distribution that is applicable to all conditions of atmospheric turbulence for which data have been obtained, including weak turbulence for which the K distribution is not theoretically applicable.

Journal Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America a-Optics Image Science and Vision

Volume

2

Issue/Number

163

Publication Date

1-1-1985

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

160

Last Page

570

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1985ABE5800008

ISSN

0740-3232

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