Measurements of direct path and folded path optical scintillation path weightings
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Authors
Constantine, Alfred Guy
Subjects
Scintillation path weighting
Advisors
Milne, Edmund A.
Date of Issue
1983-06
Date
June 1983
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
A theoretical prediction by Dr. Avihu Ze'evi of the relative contribution to the optical scintillation by different points along the path was described by a weight function for direct and exact folded path spherical wave sources. In an effort to verify this prediction a turbulence chamber was built to allow a controlled turbulence source to be moved and measured at different path positions in conjunction with scintillations measurements. The experimental results follow Dr. Ze'evi's general pattern but both sources are less weighted at the detector end than predicted and the folded path is more heavily weighted at the target end than predicted.
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Department
Department of Physics
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.