Abstract
Optical Communication through Atmospheric Turbulence: Classical and Quantum
Jeffrey Shapiro
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Parts per million refractive-index fluctuations associated with turbulent mixing of air parcels with ~1 K temperature differences — which lead to beam spread, angular spread, and time-dependent fading known as scintillation — distinguish clear-weather atmospheric optical propagation from propagation through vacuum. This talk will review the statistics of propagation through atmospheric turbulence, and their consequences for classical and quantum communication through this channel.
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