Published December 1997 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of induced spatial incoherence on flow induced laser beam deflection: Analytic theory

  • 1. CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
  • 2. Theory division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)

Description

Analytic results are presented for the laser beam deflection rate in the case of spatial and temporal smoothing by induced spatial incoherence (ISI). It is shown that for flow perpendicular to the beam propagation direction with Mach number M, temporal smoothing decreases the beam deflection rate for M>1, but may increase it for M<1 and weak acoustic wave damping. copyright 1997 American Institute of Physics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics of Plasmas
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 4189-4191.
ISSN
1070-664X
CODEN
PHPAEN