Atmospheric-turbulence measurements using a synthetic beacon in the mesospheric sodium layer
- 15 September 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (18) , 1367-1369
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.001367
Abstract
We have performed what are, to our knowledge, the first measurements of wave fronts propagated through atmospheric turbulence with the use of a synthetic beacon in the mesospheric sodium layer. The synthetic-beacon wave fronts showed reasonable agreement with those from reference stars. The sodium-layer beacon performance was also compared with that of beacons produced by Rayleigh backscatter in the 6-20-km altitude range.Keywords
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