A survey of clear-air propagation effects relevant to optical communications
- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vol. 58 (10) , 1523-1545
- https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1970.7977
Abstract
The theory and observations of the optical propagation effects of the clear turbulent atmosphere are reviewed, with particular attention to those characteristics most important to the designer of an optical communication system. Among the phenomena considered are the variance, probability distribution, spatial covariance, aperture smoothing, and temporal power spectrum of intensity fluctuations, and similar quantities for phase fluctuations and angle of arrival.Keywords
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