The probability density of saturated intensity fluctuations of an optical wave in the turbulent atmosphere
Abstract
A comparison is made between model probability densities and experimental data on saturated intensity fluctuations. Experimental data for a plane wave in the range of saturated intensity fluctuations indicate deviation from the lognormal distribution and a tendency to the K-distribution, which is considered as an asymptotic approximation of the probability density of saturated intensity fluctuations.
- Publication:
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Optika Atmosfery i Okeana
- Pub Date:
- July 1992
- Bibcode:
- 1992OpAtO...5..716P
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Optics;
- Atmospheric Turbulence;
- Probability Density Functions;
- Wave Propagation;
- Asymptotic Methods;
- Fluctuation Theory