Abstract
The effect of the position and thickness of a layer of turbulence on a laser beam wandering is theoretically investigated. Using a simple model of turbulence, the wandering of a beam and the correlation of the wandering of two parallel beams are evaluated for small fluctuations.
© 1986 Optical Society of America
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