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Optical Imaging Through Horizontal-Path Turbulence: A New Solution to a Difficult Problem

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Emerging Challenges for Experimental Mechanics in Energy and Environmental Applications, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Experimental Mechanics and 9th Symposium on Optics in Industry (ISEM-SOI), 2015

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Time-average Fourier telescopy appears to provide a way to acquire diffraction-limited imagery in ground-level horizontal-path imaging through turbulence at kilometer-scale distances and with meter-scale apertures. The scheme, which has its basis in Fourier telescopy, uses separate averaging with time of the amplitude and phase of the Fourier telescopy signal to remove the effects of the turbulence. The basic method is described and preliminary results of simulations discussed.

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  1. Department of Computer & Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA

    William T. Rhodes & Nishantha Randunu Pathirannehelage

  2. Division of Engineering, University of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

    William T. Rhodes

  3. Aventusoft LLC, 2840 N University Dr, Coral Springs, FL, 33065, USA

    Diego Pava

  4. GOTS, Grupo de Óptica y Tratamiento de Señales, Escuela de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Bucaramanga, Colombia

    Yezid Torres Moreno

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Rhodes, W.T., Pathirannehelage, N.R., Pava, D., Moreno, Y.T. (2017). Optical Imaging Through Horizontal-Path Turbulence: A New Solution to a Difficult Problem. In: Martínez-García, A., Furlong, C., Barrientos, B., Pryputniewicz, R. (eds) Emerging Challenges for Experimental Mechanics in Energy and Environmental Applications, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Experimental Mechanics and 9th Symposium on Optics in Industry (ISEM-SOI), 2015. Conference Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Mechanics Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28513-9_1

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