title: Scintillation index and performance analysis of wireless optical links over non-Kolmogorov weak turbulence based on generalized atmospheric spectral model.
abstract: Based on the generalized spectral model for non-Kolmogorov atmospheric turbulence, analytic expressions of the scintillation index (SI) are derived for plane, spherical optical waves and a partially coherent Gaussian beam propagating through non-Kolmogorov turbulence horizontally in the weak fluctuation regime. The new expressions relate the SI to the finite turbulence inner and outer scales, spatial coherence of the source and spectral power-law and then used to analyze the effects of atmospheric condition and link length on the performance of wireless optical communication links.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Modern Optical Instrumentation, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
authors: Ji
authors: J
authors: Cang
authors: Xu
authors: X
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008027:Light; D015233:Models, Statistical; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D012542:Scattering, Radiation