TY - GEN
T1 - Physics-based predictive modeling of atmospheric optical turbulence layers
T2 - Propagation Through and Characterization of Distributed Volume Turbulence, pcDVT 2013
AU - Mahalov, Alex
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - I review physics-based predictive modeling and novel multi-nesting computational techniques that resolve physical processes in shear-stratified atmospheric layers. Results on oscillating laser beams, spiral light beams and refractivity path bending for directed energy beams are predicted by solutions of the inhomogeneous paraxial wave equation in quadratic approximation. The effects of super-focusing and optical mirage phenomena induced by strong spatial variations of the mean-field refractive index are analyzed.
AB - I review physics-based predictive modeling and novel multi-nesting computational techniques that resolve physical processes in shear-stratified atmospheric layers. Results on oscillating laser beams, spiral light beams and refractivity path bending for directed energy beams are predicted by solutions of the inhomogeneous paraxial wave equation in quadratic approximation. The effects of super-focusing and optical mirage phenomena induced by strong spatial variations of the mean-field refractive index are analyzed.
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U2 - 10.1364/pcdvt.2013.ptu1f.2
DO - 10.1364/pcdvt.2013.ptu1f.2
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85088756945
SN - 9781557529756
T3 - Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
BT - Propagation Through and Characterization of Distributed Volume Turbulence, pcDVT 2013
PB - Optical Society of America (OSA)
Y2 - 23 June 2013 through 27 June 2013
ER -