Multibeam scintillation cumulative distribution function
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-13-2011
Abstract
The gamma–gamma probability density function is commonly used to model the scintillation of a single laser beam propagating through atmospheric turbulence. One method proposed to reduce scintillation at the receiver plane involves the use of multiple channels propagating through independent paths, resulting in a sum of independent gamma–gamma random variables. Recently, a novel approach for an accurate, closed-form approximation for the sum of independent, identically distributed gamma–gamma random variables was introduced by Chatzidiamantis et al. [GLOBECOM 2009—2009 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference (2009)]. Using this approximation, we present the first analytic model for the distribution of irradiance due to propagating multiple independent beams. This model compares favorably to wave-optics simulations.
Source Publication
Optics Letters (ISSN 0146-9592 | eISSN 1539-4794)
Recommended Citation
Jason A. Tellez and Jason D. Schmidt, "Multibeam scintillation cumulative distribution function," Opt. Lett. 36, 286-288 (2011)
Comments
© 2011 Optical Society of America.
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Co-author J. Tellez was an AFIT PhD student at the time of this paper. (AFIT-DEE-ENG-11-11, September 2011)