Abstract

Amplitude distributions produced by a novel reflective membrane optical scintillator (RMOS) showed excellent statistical agreement with experimental field data taken from actual atmospheric measurements. Laboratory simulated atmospheric turbulence using RMOS was found to have a log–normal amplitude distribution. This included two test cases representing subsets of real weak turbulence and moderate turbulence regimes.

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