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We present results of calculations of the mean intensity of a beam which passes in the beginning of the path through a shock wave which is formed during a supersonic air flow around the turret and propagates further in a homogeneous medium. It is shown that the spatial inhomogeneity of the air refractive index in the region of a shock wave can lead to strong anisotropic distortions of a beam intersecting the wave; the distortions result in focusing and defragmentation of the beam at comparatively short distances from the turret and rapid degradation of the beam in the process of its further propagation.
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Original Russian Text © V.A. Banakh, A.A. Sukharev, 2016, published in Optika Atmosfery i Okeana.
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Banakh, V.A., Sukharev, A.A. Laser beam distortions caused by a shock wave near the turret of a supersonic aircraft. Atmos Ocean Opt 29, 225–233 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1024856016030039
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