Method for Calculating Moments of the Wigner Distribution Function of Laser Beams in a Turbulent Atmosphere

摘要

A method for calculating the moments of the Wigner distribution function is proposed for laser beams having an arbitrary initial shape and propagating in a turbulent atmosphere; the spectrum of the cor-relation function of fluctuations of the refractive index and the profile of the structural characteristic are sup-posed to be arbitrary. The main relations for calculating the moments of the Wigner distribution and some parameters of the beam are presented.