Baykal, Yahya2017-03-072017-03-072016Baykal, Y. (2016). Intensity fluctuations of asymmetrical optical beams in anisotropic turbulence. Applied Optics, 55(27), 7462-7467. http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.0074621559-128Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12416/1408Intensity fluctuations of asymmetrical optical beams are examined when such beams propagate through anisotropic turbulence. Anisotropic turbulence is modeled by non-Kolmogorov von Karman spectrum. The variations of the scintillation index are observed against the changes in the asymmetry factor of the Gaussian beam, power law exponent of non- Kolmogorov spectrum, anisotropic factors in the transverse direction, and the link length. It is found that for all the conditions, asymmetry in the optical beam is a disadvantage but the anisotropy in the atmosphere is an advantage for reducing the intensity fluctuations in an optical wireless communications link operating in the atmosphereeninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessNon-Kolmogorov TurbulenceAmplitude Correlation-FunctionOf-Arrival FluctuationsAtmospheric TurbulenceAnalytical ExpressionsWaves PropagationRefractive TurbulenceGaussian BeamPlane-WaveScintillationArticle55277462746710.1364/AO.55.007462