Effects of turbulence on the formation of Gaussian image and signal-to-noise ratio

Chih-Chin Yang; Bahira H. Elsebelgy; Martin A. Plonus

doi:10.1117/12.178030

29 June 1994 Effects of turbulence on the formation of Gaussian image and signal-to-noise ratio

Chih-Chin Yang, Bahira H. Elsebelgy, Martin A. Plonus

Proceedings Volume 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178030
Event: SPIE's International Symposium on Optical Engineering and Photonics in Aerospace Sensing, 1994, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The extended Huygens-Fresnel principle is used to analyze the average intensity distribution and signal-to-noise ratio of a self-luminous, incoherent object with a Gaussian pattern in atmospheric turbulence. The effects of turbulent inhomogeneities in the refractive index on the formation of the images as well as the dependence of the degradation of signal-to-noise ratio on the turbulence strength, object size, and lens radius are investigated.

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Chih-Chin Yang, Bahira H. Elsebelgy, and Martin A. Plonus "Effects of turbulence on the formation of Gaussian image and signal-to-noise ratio", Proc. SPIE 2222, Atmospheric Propagation and Remote Sensing III, (29 June 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.178030

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