An Analytic Model For Optical Beam Propagation Through The Marine Boundary Layer

Richard F. Lutomirski

doi:10.1117/12.956857

10 November 1978 An Analytic Model For Optical Beam Propagation Through The Marine Boundary Layer

Richard F. Lutomirski

Proceedings Volume 0160, Ocean Optics V; (1978) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956857
Event: 22nd Annual Technical Symposium, 1978, San Diego, United States

Abstract

This paper presents the development of the model and the analysis for downlink optical propagation between atmospheric and underwater terminals. The model incorporates the effects of atmospheric attenuation, boundary layer aerosols, wave slopes at the air-water interface, and the absorbing and multiple-scattering properties of the water. For a laser transmitter in the atmosphere, algebraic expressions are presented for the power, intensity, and ray-angle distributions underwater, together with iso-irradiance contours showing the fall-off of irradiance with distance from the surface spot center.

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Richard F. Lutomirski "An Analytic Model For Optical Beam Propagation Through The Marine Boundary Layer", Proc. SPIE 0160, Ocean Optics V, (10 November 1978); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.956857

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