The Significance Of The Class Of K-Distributions

Ronald L Phillips; Larry C Andrews

doi:10.1117/12.945753

10 August 1988 The Significance Of The Class Of K-Distributions

Ronald L Phillips, Larry C Andrews

Proceedings Volume 0926, Optical, Infrared, Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering; (1988) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945753
Event: 1988 Technical Symposium on Optics, Electro-Optics, and Sensors, 1988, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The statistical fluctuations developed by an optical wave, after passing through atmospheric turbulence, have a non-Gaussian nature. The detected optical intensity appears to have two separate time scales of fluctuations. This paper discusses a plausible physical model for the turbulence scattering of an optical wave that would give rise to a two-time scale fluctuation. The K distribution, H-K distribution and I-K distribution are analyzed as to the possible scattering conditions, by turbulence, these distributions represent.

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Ronald L Phillips and Larry C Andrews "The Significance Of The Class Of K-Distributions", Proc. SPIE 0926, Optical, Infrared, Millimeter Wave Propagation Engineering, (10 August 1988); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.945753

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