Abstract
We have calculated intensity spectra and variances for waves emanating from a point source and propagating through extended three-dimensional random media by simulation. Spectra of the medium fluctuations considered were power-law, power-law with inner scale, and Gaussian spectra. The simulations covered the regimes of weak fluctuations and strong focusing, including the peak of the intensity variance and beyond. The intensity variances are substantially larger than both the corresponding results for plane-wave incidence and the theoretical calculations for point sources by other authors. Our simulation results agree reasonably closely with the results of laserpropagation experiments over kilometer-length paths in the atmosphere.
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