Keywords
atmospheric propagation, scintillation, optical turbulence
Abstract
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.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2005
Semester
Summer
Advisor
Young, Cynthia
Degree
Master of Science (M.S.)
College
College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Mathematics
Degree Program
Mathematics
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0000670
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0000670
Language
English
Release Date
August 2005
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Masters Thesis (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Thomas, Fredrick Eugene, "The Scintillation Index In Moderate To Strong Turbulence For The Gaussian Beam Wave Along A Slant Path" (2005). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 508.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/508