Title :
Reducing effect of atmospheric refractive index fluctuations in beam propagation
Author :
Halbrooks, Jacob ; Garmire, Elsa
Author_Institution :
Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH
Abstract :
Propagation using higher order Hermite-Gaussian modes in some cases is less sensitive to refractive index fluctuations than the lowest order Gaussian laser beam
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; atmospheric light propagation; fluctuations; refractive index; Gaussian laser beam; Hermite-Gaussian modes; atmospheric refractive index fluctuations; beam propagation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
