Abstract
Monostatic heterodyne lidar using aerosols as backscattering target is considered in this work in the presence of atmospheric turbulence. The objective is to study the combined effects of varying truncation of Gaussian beam and turbulence strength on the performance of the lidar system.
© 1983 Optical Society of America
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