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Optics Express , Volume 21 , Issue 12 , Page 14789. (2013).
Noah R. Van Zandt, Steven T. Fiorino, and Kevin J. Keefer.
Department of Engineering Physics – Center for Directed Energy, Air Force Institute of Technology, 2950 Hobson Way, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433-7756, USA.
Abstract
A new scaling law model is presented to rapidly simulate thermal blooming and turbulence effects on high energy laser propagation, producing results approaching the quality normally only available using wave-optics code, but at much faster speed. The model convolves irradiance patterns originating from two distinct scaling law models, one with a proficiency in thermal blooming effects and the other in turbulence. To underscore the power of the new model, results are verified for typical, realistic scenarios by direct comparison with wave optics simulation.
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