General Theory of Light Propagation and Imaging Through the Atmosphere

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: McKechnie, T. Stewart (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2016.
• Σειρά: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 196
• Θέματα: Physics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Physical measurements.; Measurement.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Measurement Science and Instrumentation.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Mathematical Methods in Physics.

This book lays out a new, general theory of light propagation and imaging through Earth’s turbulent atmosphere. Current theory is based on the – now widely doubted – assumption of Kolmogorov turbulence. The new theory is based on a generalized atmosphere, the turbulence characteristics of which can...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Terms, Definitions and Theoretical foundations
• Diffraction
• Wave propagation after scattering by a thin atmospheric layer
• Wave propagation over extended atmospheric paths
• Properties of point-object im ages formed by telescopes
• Properties of point-object im ages formed by telescopes
• Average intensity envelopes of unresolved star images
• Core and halo structure in star images formed by large telescopes
• Statistical properties of stellar speckle patterns
• Star image appear ance for small and large average turbulence structure sizes
• Approximate intensity envelopes for star images formed by telescopes with/without AO
• Telescope optical tolerances and telescope resolution
• Laboratory simulation of im ages formed by large telescopes
• Laser beam propagation and atmospheric path characterization.- Atmospheric isoplanatic angle: Image stabilization and AO image correction.