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Preparation of Free-Surface Hyperbolic Water Vortices
Published on: July 28, 2023
Implementation of a long range, distributed-volume, continuously variable turbulence generator
Abstract:
We have constructed a 180-m-long distributed, continuously variable atmospheric turbulence generator to study high-power laser beam propagation. This turbulence generator operates on the principle of free convection from a heated surface placed below the entire propagation path of the beam, similar to the situation in long-distance horizontal propagation for laser communications, power beaming, or directed energy applications. The turbulence produced by this generator has been characterized through constant-temperature anemometry, as well as by the scintillation of a low-power laser beam.
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