Free space optical system performance for laser beam propagation through non-Kolmogorov turbulence

Italo Toselli; Larry C. Andrews; Ronald L. Phillips; Valter Ferrero

doi:10.1117/12.698707

6 February 2007 Free space optical system performance for laser beam propagation through non-Kolmogorov turbulence

Italo Toselli, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, Valter Ferrero

Proceedings Volume 6457, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIX and Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves; 64570T (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.698707
Event: Lasers and Applications in Science and Engineering, 2007, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

Free space laser system performance is limited by atmospheric turbulence that has been described for many years by Kolmogorov's power spectral density model because of its simplicity. Unfortunately several experiments have been reported recently that show Kolmogorov theory is sometimes incomplete to describe atmospheric statistics properly, in particular in portions of the troposphere and stratosphere. In this paper we present a Non-Kolmogorov power spectrum which uses a generalized exponent instead of constant standard exponent value 11/3 and a generalized amplitude factor instead of constant value 0.033. Using this new spectrum in weak turbulence, we carry out, for horizontal path, analysis of Long Term Beam Spread, Scintillation index, Probability of fade, mean SNR and mean BER as variation of the spectrum exponent.

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Italo Toselli, Larry C. Andrews, Ronald L. Phillips, and Valter Ferrero "Free space optical system performance for laser beam propagation through non-Kolmogorov turbulence", Proc. SPIE 6457, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies XIX and Atmospheric Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves, 64570T (6 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.698707

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