Optical scintillation measurements in a desert environment I: direct link ranges of 2 to 24 km

Rita Mahon; Christopher I. Moore; Mike S. Ferraro; William S. Rabinovich; Michele R. Suite

doi:10.1117/12.895223

14 September 2011 Optical scintillation measurements in a desert environment I: direct link ranges of 2 to 24 km

Rita Mahon, Christopher I. Moore, Mike S. Ferraro, William S. Rabinovich, Michele R. Suite

Proceedings Volume 8162, Free-Space and Atmospheric Laser Communications XI; 816208 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.895223
Event: SPIE Optical Engineering + Applications, 2011, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Experiments have been carried out over a series of ranges at China Lake in which the irradiance fluctuations, angle-of-arrival variance and images of the scintillation patterns were recorded, together with meteorological parameters. The decrease in scintillation index associated with the lower turbulence conditions at sunset was observed for the shorter ranges but not for the longer ranges of 19 and 24km where the propagation was in the saturated regime.

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Rita Mahon, Christopher I. Moore, Mike S. Ferraro, William S. Rabinovich, and Michele R. Suite "Optical scintillation measurements in a desert environment I: direct link ranges of 2 to 24 km", Proc. SPIE 8162, Free-Space and Atmospheric Laser Communications XI, 816208 (14 September 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.895223

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