Survey of Studies on Numerical Simulations of Optical-Wave Propagation in Atmospheric Turbulence

doi:10.16182/j.issn1004731x.joss.201708001

Abstract

Abstract: The complicated random behavior of atmospheric turbulence makes it difficult to verify the theories of optical-wave propagation in atmospheric turbulence by conducting experimental measurements. The parameters used in numerical simulations can be easily controlled; therefore numerical simulations have been used as another important tool to investigate the optical-wave propagation in atmospheric turbulence. Based on the existing literature, both the theoretical models and numerical generating methods for random phase screens of atmospheric turbulence are surveyed, and the spatial sampling constraints for numerical simulations of optical propagation in atmospheric turbulence were summarized. By comprehending the existing results, it has been pointed out that, on the one hand, more studies on numerical generating methods for random phase screens of anisotropic turbulence and numerical simulations of optical-pulse propagation in atmospheric turbulence are needed to be done; on the other hand, the application of massively parallel computing hardware to accelerate numerical simulations of optical-wave propagation in atmospheric turbulence deserves much attention in the near future.

Key words: atmospheric turbulence, random phase screen, split-step propagation, numerical simulation

CLC Number:

TP391.9

Ren Bin, Chen Chunyi, Yang Huamin. Survey of Studies on Numerical Simulations of Optical-Wave Propagation in Atmospheric Turbulence[J]. Journal of System Simulation, 2017, 29(8): 1631-1640.

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