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1 May 1990 Atmospheric thermal blooming and beam clearing by aerosol vaporization
Vladimir B. Krapchev
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Abstract
Thermal blooming limits the HEL power transmitted through the atmosphere at a given beam diameter. The role of refractive index and velocity turbulence has been studied. When the absorption is due to the aerosols, one can reduce the blooming by vaporizing the particles and clearing the beam path.
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Vladimir B. Krapchev "Atmospheric thermal blooming and beam clearing by aerosol vaporization", Proc. SPIE 1221, Propagation of High-Energy Laser Beams Through the Earth's Atmosphere, (1 May 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18330
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KEYWORDS
Aerosols

Atmospheric particles

Atmospheric propagation

Absorption

Laser beam propagation

Turbulence

Thermal blooming

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