Abstract
We describe calculations of the photon return signals from mesospheric sodium fluorescence excited by laser pulse trains. The theory combines a full density–matrix treatment of the sodium D2 line, including Doppler broadening and polarization–dependent optical pumping effects, with the Fried model of optical propagation through the turbulent atmosphere.
© 1996 Optical Society of America
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