Generation of Infinitely Long Phase Screens for Modeling of Optical Wave Propagation in Atmospheric Turbulence
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2008
Publication Source
Waves in Random and Complex Media
Abstract
Numerical modeling of optical wave propagation in atmospheric turbulence is traditionally performed by using the so-called ‘split’-operator method, where the influence of the propagation medium's refractive index inhomogeneities is accounted for only within a set of infinitely narrow phase distorting layers (phase screens). These phase screens are generated on a numerical grid of finite size, which corresponds to a rather narrow slice (spatial area) of atmospheric turbulence. In several important applications including laser target tracking, remote sensing, adaptive optics, and atmospheric imaging, optical system performance depends on atmospheric turbulence within an extended area that significantly exceeds the area associated with the numerical grid.
In this paper we discuss methods that allow the generation of a family of long (including infinitely long) phase screens representing an extended (in one direction) area of atmospheric turbulence-induced phase distortions. This technique also allows the generation of long phase screens with spatially inhomogeneous statistical characteristics.
Inclusive pages
91-108
ISBN/ISSN
1745-5030
Copyright
Copyright © 2008, Taylor & Francis
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Volume
18
Issue
1
Peer Reviewed
yes
eCommons Citation
Vorontsov, A. M.; Paramonov, P. V.; Valley, M. T.; and Vorontsov, Mikhail, "Generation of Infinitely Long Phase Screens for Modeling of Optical Wave Propagation in Atmospheric Turbulence" (2008). Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications. 99.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eop_fac_pub/99
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