Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence on Quality of Multichannel Laser Radiation and Correction for Distortion

Abstract

In this paper the results of simulation are presented of multichannel radiation propagation in the atmosphere, and correction for turbulent distortion on the base of the beam phase control is considered. The results demonstrate dependence of correction effectiveness on number of channels and on precision of a reference beam phase reconstruction. Additionally increase of effectiveness is possible with adjustment of amplification in the channels of the optical system, i.e., with the use of amplitude-phase control of radiation.