Effect of smoothing by spectral dispersion on flow induced laser beam deflection: The random phase modulation scheme
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545 (United States)
Analytical results are presented for the effect of random phase modulated smoothing by spectral dispersion on flow induced laser beam deflection. It is shown that in the limit of a large number of color cycles, N{sub cc}, the effect is identical to that of the induced spatial incoherence method of temporal smoothing. For small N{sub cc}, the beam deflection rate may be significantly larger in the direction perpendicular to the dispersion, than in the parallel direction. {copyright} {ital 1998 American Institute of Physics.}
- OSTI ID:
- 580356
- Journal Information:
- Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 5, Issue 3; Other Information: PBD: Mar 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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