Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 2, Issue 7, 07373(2004)

Aperture-averaging effects for weak to strong scintillations in turbulent atmosphere

Yixin Zhang1,2、*, Tuo Zhu1, and Chunkan Tao2
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  • 1School of Science, Southern Yangtze University, Wuxi 214036
  • 2School of Electronic Engineering and Optoelectronic Techniques, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210014
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    Under the approximations of (1) the received irradiance fluctuations of an optical wave caused by small scale turbulent eddies are multiplicatively modulated by the fluctuations caused by large scale turbulent eddies; (2) the scintillations caused by small- and large-scale eddies, respectively, are statistically independent; (3) the Rytov method for optical scintillation collected by the finite-diameter receiving aperture is valid for light wave propagation under weak to saturation fluctuation regime, we develop the applicable aperture-averaging analytic formulas in the week-to-strong-fluctuation for the scintillations of plane and spherical waves, which include the outer- and inner-scale rules of turbulence.

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    Yixin Zhang, Tuo Zhu, Chunkan Tao. Aperture-averaging effects for weak to strong scintillations in turbulent atmosphere[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2004, 2(7): 07373

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    Paper Information

    Category: Atmospheric and oceanic optics

    Received: Feb. 16, 2004

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 6, 2006

    The Author Email: Yixin Zhang (zyxlxy30@hotmail.com)

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