Beam wandering statistics of twin thin laser beam propagation under generalized atmospheric conditions

• Published in: Optics express Vol. 20; no. 25; pp. 27766 - 27780
• Main Authors: Pérez, Darío G, Funes, Gustavo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 03-12-2012
• Subjects: Atmosphere; Lasers; Models, Theoretical; Nephelometry and Turbidimetry - instrumentation; Refractometry - instrumentation
• ISSN: 1094-4087; 1094-4087
• DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.027766

Under the Geometrics Optics approximation is possible to estimate the covariance between the displacements of two thin beams after they have propagated through a turbulent medium. Previous works have concentrated in long propagation distances to provide models for the wandering statistics. These models are useful when the separation between beams is smaller than the propagation path-regardless of the characteristics scales of the turbulence. In this work we give a complete model for these covariances, behavior introducing absolute limits to the validity of former approximations. Moreover, these generalizations are established for non-Kolmogorov atmospheric models.