An Empirical Model of Angle-of-Arrival Variance for a Gaussian Wave Propagation through Non-Kolmogorov Turbulence

This paper proposes an empirical model of the angle-of-arrival (AOA) variance for a Gaussian wave propagating through the weak non-Kolmogorov turbulence. The proposed model is approximately expressed as the linear weighted average between the AOA variances of the plane and spherical waves. The Monte...

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Main Authors: Chao Gao, Libin Jiao, Xiaofeng Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2020-01-01
Series:International Journal of Optics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/7096276
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Summary:This paper proposes an empirical model of the angle-of-arrival (AOA) variance for a Gaussian wave propagating through the weak non-Kolmogorov turbulence. The proposed model is approximately expressed as the linear weighted average between the AOA variances of the plane and spherical waves. The Monte Carlo method is applied to validate the proposed model. The numerical simulations indicate that, under the geometrical optics approximation, the AOA variance for a Gaussian wave is insensitive to the change of the diffraction parameter and can be closely approximated by a simple linear relationship in the refraction parameter. These two properties ensure the validity of the empirical model.
ISSN:1687-9384
1687-9392