Title

Aperture-Averaging Factor For Optical Scintillations Of Plane And Spherical Waves In The Atmosphere

Authors

Authors

L. C. Andrews

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

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

Keywords

Optics

Abstract

Previous analyses of aperture averaging of optical scintillations in the turbulent atmosphere have generally involved either numerical integrations or approximation formulas based on asymptotic results for large apertures. Here I develop the exact expressions for the aperture-averaging factor in the weak-turbulence regime for both plane and spherical waves. For computational ease, accurate approximation or interpolation formulas that can be applied in most cases of interest with greater accuracy than previous approximations are also developed.

Journal Title

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

Volume

9

Issue/Number

4

Publication Date

1-1-1992

Document Type

Article

DOI Link

http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/josaa.9.000597

Language

English

First Page

597

Last Page

600

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1992HK84700013

ISSN

0740-3232

Recommended Citation

"Aperture-Averaging Factor For Optical Scintillations Of Plane And Spherical Waves In The Atmosphere" (1992). Faculty Bibliography 1990s. 395.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib1990/395