Effects of propagation in air on photon statistics

Peter W. Milonni; John H. Carter; Charles Glen Peterson; Richard J. Hughes

doi:10.1117/12.504762

16 May 2003 Effects of propagation in air on photon statistics

Peter W. Milonni, John H. Carter, Charles Glen Peterson, Richard J. Hughes

Proceedings Volume 5111, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504762
Event: SPIE's First International Symposium on Fluctuations and Noise, 2003, Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States

Abstract

Calculations of photon counting distributions and false probabilities are compared with measured data obtained using very weak laser pulses propagated over 10-km horizontal paths. Good agreement is obtained between theory and experiment using various simplifying assumptions and values of the refractive-index structure constant C_n² lying within an expected range.

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Peter W. Milonni, John H. Carter, Charles Glen Peterson, and Richard J. Hughes "Effects of propagation in air on photon statistics", Proc. SPIE 5111, Fluctuations and Noise in Photonics and Quantum Optics, (16 May 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.504762

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