Statistical Fading of a Plane Optical Wave in Atmospheric Turbulence

Author

John F. O'Hara, University of Central Florida

Keywords

Laser communication systems

Abstract

A formula for the average fade time of the intensity of a plane optical wave traveling through atmospheric turbulence is developed. The model employed involves isotropic, homogeneous statistics using a lognormal distribution for the channel. The analysis is based on the fact that the logarithm of the irradiance is normally distributed and uses the work of S. O. Rice who developed such an expression for a zero mean, Gaussian process. The analysis employs the covariance function and the Taylor frozen turbulence hypothesis which results in an expression for the autocorrelation function.

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Graduation Date

Winter 1980

Advisor

Phillips, Ronald L.

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Engineering

Format

PDF

Pages

51 p.

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Identifier

DP0013338

STARS Citation

O'Hara, John F., "Statistical Fading of a Plane Optical Wave in Atmospheric Turbulence" (1980). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 507.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/rtd/507

Contributor (Linked data)

Phillips, Ronald L., 1942- [VIAF]

Phillips, Ronald L., 1942- [LC]

University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [VIAF]

University of Central Florida. College of Engineering [LC]

Accessibility Status

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