Measured inner scale effect in laser atmospheric scintillation

A. Consortini

doi:10.1117/12.2308561

26 July 1993 Measured inner scale effect in laser atmospheric scintillation

A. Consortini

Proceedings Volume 1983, 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology; 19833Y (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308561
Event: 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology, 1993, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

The effect of the inner scale of turbulence on the intensity fluctuations of laser radiation through the atmosphere has been measured. Intensity fluctuations, inner scale and structure parameter were simultaneously measured in conditions of homogeneous turbulence during a number of summer days, starting from very early morning, before sunrise, up to about noon. During the day the turbulence strength varied slowly and continuously, allowing measurements in condition of very low as well as intermediate and very high turbulence levels. Plots of intensity variance versus the structure parameter, for fixed ranges of inner scale values, allow the experimental determination of the role played by the inner scale, for the first time. They constitute a reference for comparison with results from theory or numerical simulations.

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A. Consortini "Measured inner scale effect in laser atmospheric scintillation", Proc. SPIE 1983, 16th Congress of the International Commission for Optics: Optics as a Key to High Technology, 19833Y (26 July 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2308561

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