Brief Communications

Experimental investigation of fluctuations of the laser radiation intensity in the atmosphere

S. S. Gasparyan, R. A. Kazaryan, R. G. Manucharyan


Abstract: The distribution laws and the variances of the fluctuations of the intensity of the laser radiation in the atmosphere were determined experimentally. The influence of the finite size of the receiver aperture on such fluctuations was investigated. The reported measurements were carried out over a 25-km atmospheric path above ground with a complex relief.

UDC: 621.371

PACS: 42.68.Ay, 42.68.Bz, 42.60.Jf

Received: 21.09.1972
Revised: 20.04.1973

 English version: Soviet Journal of Quantum Electronics, 1974, 3:4, 355–357