Beating Optical Turbulence Limits Using High Peak-Power Lasers
Optics
2019-11-27 v1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics
Abstract
We experimentally demonstrate the ability of a nonlinear self-channeling beam to resist turbulence-induced spreading and scintillation. Spatio-temporal data is presented for an 850-meter long, controlled turbulence range that can generate weak to strong turbulence on demand. At this range, the effects of atmospheric losses and dispersion are significant. Simulation results are also presented and show good agreement with experiment.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1905.08668,
title = {Beating Optical Turbulence Limits Using High Peak-Power Lasers},
author = {Michael H. Helle and Gregory Dicomo and Samantha Gregory and Aliaksandr Mamonau and Dmitri Kaganovich and Richard Fischer and John Palastro and Scott Melis and Joseph Peñano},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.08668},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
8 pages, 6 figures