Title

Characterizing the propagation path in moderate to strong optical turbulence

Authors

Authors

F. S. Vetelino; B. Clare; K. Corbett; C. Young; K. Grant;L. Andrews

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Appl. Optics

Keywords

INNER-SCALE; ATMOSPHERIC-TURBULENCE; SPECTRUM; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLOMETER; FLUCTUATIONS; IRRADIANCE; SATURATION; MODEL; BEAM; Optics

Abstract

In February 2005 a joint atmospheric propagation experiment was conducted between the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation and the University of Central Florida. A Gaussian beam was propagated along a horizontal 1500 m path near the ground. Scintillation was measured simultaneously at three receivers of diameters 1, 5, and 13 mm. Scintillation theory combined with a numerical scheme was used to infer the structure constant C-n(2), the inner scale 10, and the outer scale L-0 from the optical measurements. At the same time, C-n(2) measurements were taken by a commercial scintillometer, set up parallel to the optical path. The C-n(2) values from the inferred scheme and the commercial scintillometer predict the same behavior, but the inferred scheme consistently gives slightly smaller C-n(2) values. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America

Journal Title

Applied Optics

Volume

45

Issue/Number

15

Publication Date

1-1-2006

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

3534

Last Page

3543

WOS Identifier

WOS:000237668400017

ISSN

1559-128X

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