Title

Beam Wander Of A Collimated Beam: Comparing Theory And Experiment

Keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Beam wander; Scintillation

Abstract

In this paper we present experimental beam wander measurements and compare them with theory developed from the Kolmogorov model for the atmosphere. Data from a collimated beam over a 1km horizontal terrestrial path were recorded with a high-speed camera. Several sets of image data were taken before, during, and after the quiescent period of the atmosphere in June 2006. The propagation path was instrumented with a commercial scintillometer to measure the C n2 and a weather station to monitor temperature and wind velocity. The data were analyzed for centroid movement and hot spot movement.

Publication Date

9-29-2008

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volume

7091

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1117/12.796503

Socpus ID

52349092597 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/52349092597

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