Abstract
The extended Huygens-Fresnel principle is used to investigate the lateral coherence and the average on-axis intensity of partially coherent beam waves propagating in the turbulent atmosphere. A factor that determines the shift of the focal point toward the source when a beam wave propagates in turbulence is calculated. It is also shown that optimum beam wave propagation in atmospheric turbulence occurs for wavelength in the IR.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3082-3088 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Applied optics |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 18 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 15 1980 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering (miscellaneous)
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering