Document Type
Conference Paper
Publication Date
2010
Publication Source
Proceedings of the 2010 AMOS Conference
Abstract
We describe preliminary results of a set of laser beam propagation experiments performed over a long (149 km) near-horizontal propagation path between Mauna Loa (Hawaii Island) and Haleakala (Island of Maui) mountains in February 2010. The distinctive feature of the experimental campaign referred to here as the Coherent Multi-Beam Atmospheric Transceiver (COMBAT) experiments is that the measurements of the atmospheric-turbulence induced laser beam intensity scintillations at the receiver telescope aperture were obtained simultaneously using three laser sources (laser beacons) with different wavelengths (λ1 = 0.53 μm, λ2 = 1.06 μm, and λ3 = 1.55 μm). The presented experimental results on intensity scintillation characteristics reveal complexity of the observed phenomena that cannot be fully explained based on the existing atmospheric turbulence models.
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Copyright
Copyright © 2010, Maui Economic Development Board
Publisher
Maui Economic Development Board
Place of Publication
Maui, HI
eCommons Citation
Vorontsov, Mikhail; Carhart, Gary W.; Rao Gudimetla, Venkata S.; Weyrauch, Thomas; Stevenson, Eric; Lachinova, Svetlana; Beresnev, Leonid A.; Liu, Jony Jiang; Rehder, Karl; and Riker, Jim F., "Characterization of Atmospheric Turbulence Effects Over 149 km Propagation Path Using Multi-Wavelength Laser Beacons" (2010). Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications. 96.
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