Complete predictive theory for the correctability of thermal blooming in the presence of turbulence

Robert Myers

doi:10.1117/12.18328

1 May 1990 Complete predictive theory for the correctability of thermal blooming in the presence of turbulence

Robert Myers

Proceedings Volume 1221, Propagation of High-Energy Laser Beams Through the Earth's Atmosphere; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18328
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Objective: A predictive theory for the correctability of thermal blooming in the presence of turbulence that is appropriate to very high Fresnel number beams and that does not rely solely on nonlinear wave optics code calculations. Approach: Exploit the facts that the physics of such beams are both local and linear. Calculate an MCF analytically using linear theory and compare with fully nonlinear numerical result. Infer whole beam Strehi from either.

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Robert Myers "Complete predictive theory for the correctability of thermal blooming in the presence of turbulence", Proc. SPIE 1221, Propagation of High-Energy Laser Beams Through the Earth's Atmosphere, (1 May 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18328

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