Analysis of wave structure functions

Abstract

Wave structure function (WSF) of spherical wave is used in extended Huygens-Fresnel integral to induce the effect of turbulent atmosphere on the propagating laser beam. Depending on the approximation made and the choice of the spatial power spectral density of refractive index fluctuation function, different forms of WSFs become available. In this study, five different WSFs are numerically evaluated for pure Gaussian, cosh-Gaussian, sinh-Gaussian, cos-Gaussian and sine-Gaussian types of source plane beams. In the range of adapted source and propagation parameters, namely under weak fluctuation conditions, no substantial deviations are found to occur with respect to the WSF selection. Our results are offered in terms of graphical illustrations showing the differences in the receiver intensity profiles against the varying propagation distance.