Improvement of image quality of coherently illuminated objects in a turbulent atmosphere

Viktor A. Banakh; Ben-Nam Chen

doi:10.1117/12.178014

29 June 1994 Improvement of image quality of coherently illuminated objects in a turbulent atmosphere

Viktor A. Banakh, Ben-Nam Chen

Proceedings Volume 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178014
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

It is shown that the phenomenon of correlation of opposing waves may lead to improvement of image quality of coherently illuminated objects in a turbulent atmosphere in the case of strong intensity fluctuations. The extent of this improvement depends on the relation between sizes of the output and receiving apertures. The betterment of visibility in a turbulent atmosphere becomes maximal in the case of their proximity and vanishes if the sizes of illuminating and receiving apertures are distinguished from each other significantly.

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Viktor A. Banakh and Ben-Nam Chen "Improvement of image quality of coherently illuminated objects in a turbulent atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, (29 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178014

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