Means, variances, and covariances for laser beam propagation through a random medium
Author:
Robert A. Schmeltzer
Journal:
Quart. Appl. Math. 24 (1967), 339-354
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/99911
MathSciNet review:
QAM99911
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Abstract: Wave propagation in a random continuous medium is studied by solving the stochastic wave equation with a random function for the refractive index coefficient. By the application of the Rytov transformation, an equivalent spatial form of the nonlinear Riccati equation is obtained which is then solved by means of an iteration scheme. The statistical properties of the propagated wave are then computed for the case of a coherent focused source with a Gaussian amplitude distribution. These formulas contain, as limiting sub-cases, the results of previous analyses for the spherical and plane wave. More generally, they describe the propagation of a laser beam.
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D. L. Fried, The effect of wavefront distortion on the performance of an ideal optical heterodyne receiver and an ideal camera, Conference on Atmospheric Limitations to Optical Propagation, Central Radio Propagation Lab., National Bureau of Standards, and National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, March 1965
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