Power spectra of turbulence-induced wavefront aberrations and optical path difference

R. R. Butts; J. F. Riker

doi:10.1364/OAM.1986.FL5

Annual Meeting Optical Society of America
Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1986),
paper FL5
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OAM.1986.FL5

Power spectra of turbulence-induced wavefront aberrations and optical path difference

R. R. Butts and J. F. Riker

OSA Annual Meeting 1986

Seattle, Washington United States
19–25 October 1986
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Atmospheric Optics (FL)

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Abstract

When a point source radiates wavefronts which traverse a turbulent atmosphere, the received wavefronts will contain aberrations which vary in time. In addition, if several point sources radiate in an array configuration, the resulting wavefronts will contain optical path differences. As a result, the phase profiles incident on an unobscured collecting aperture will be distorted in a time-varying pattern.

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