Study on the optical scintillation for Gaussian-beam propagation in the slant-path

Author

Lixin, Guo ; Yi Xiuxiong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Sci., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an, China

fYear

2004

fDate

24-27 Aug. 2004

Firstpage

355

Lastpage

358

Abstract

In the paper, according to the ITU-R atmosphere model (ITU-R Document 3J/31-E, 2001) presented in 2001 by ITU-R, we study the Gaussian-beam wave scintillation index with altitude varying from weak fluctuation to strong fluctuation by applying a modification of the Rytov method. At the same time, we include the effect of a finite outer-scale in addition to the inner-scale. With a finite outer-scale, the scintillation index can be substantially lower in strong turbulence than that predicted by a model with an infinite outer-scale.

Keywords

Gaussian distribution; atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric turbulence; fluctuations; scintillation; Gaussian-beam propagation; Gaussian-beam wave scintillation index; ITU-R atmosphere model; Rytov method modification; altitude; finite outer-scale effect; infinite outer-scale model; inner-scale effect; optical scintillation; slant-path; strong fluctuation; turbulence; weak fluctuation; Atmospheric modeling; Electronic mail; Fluctuations; Frequency; Gaussian approximation; Gaussian processes; Optical filters; Optical propagation; Optical refraction; Optical transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radio Science Conference, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 Asia-Pacific

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8404-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APRASC.2004.1422482

Filename

1422482