Power scintillations due to the wandering of the laser beam

1 January 1967

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 55 (8) , 1533-1534
https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1967.5894

Abstract

The wandering of the laser beam causes a fading effect at the receiving terminal. A simple model is discussed to investigate the probability distribution of the power intercepted by a circular aperture.

Keywords

POWER LASERS
LASER BEAMS
ATMOSPHERIC WAVES
APERTURE ANTENNAS
RECEIVING ANTENNAS
LASER THEORY
OPTICAL PROPAGATION
OPTICAL TRANSMITTERS
RANDOM VARIABLES
GEOMETRICAL OPTICS