Antonio Jurado-Navas
University of Malaga, Spain
Title: Málaga statistical distribution: The new universal analytical propagation model for atmospheric optical communications
Biography
Biography: Antonio Jurado-Navas
Abstract
Recently, a new and generalized statistical model, called Málaga or simply M distribution, has been proposed to characterize the irradiance fluctuations of an unbounded optical wave front (plane and spherical waves) propagating through a turbulent medium under all irradiance fluctuation conditions in homogeneous, isotropic turbulence. Málaga distribution was demonstrated to have the advantage of unifying most of the proposed statistical models derived until now in the scientific literature in a closed-form and mathematically-tractable expression. Furthermore, it unifies most of the proposed statistical models for the irradiance fluctuations derived in the bibliography providing, in addition, an excellent agreement with published plane wave and spherical wave simulation data over a wide range of turbulence conditions (weak to strong). In this communication, reviews of its different features are discussed including a new interpretation and a physical interpretation of its parameters is provided. It is worth noting that the proposed expressions of this Málaga distribution together with their physical interpretation provide a very valuable tool for analyzing the effects of turbulence induced scintillation in atmospheric optical communication links under any turbulence conditions.