title: Laser beam propagation in turbulent conditions.
abstract: Diffraction-limited low power laser beams at 1.06 and 3.8 microm were focused by a 91-cm diam aperture onto a receiver located 10.5 km away on a low slant angle path over a desert basin. The analysis of beam areas and turbulence levels was used to determine a new scaling law for tilt-corrected turbulence-induced beam spread.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Searles
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Hart
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Dowling
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Hanley