Warren R E
Appl Opt. 1978 Sep 1;17(17):2721-3. doi: 10.1364/AO.17.002721.
Expressions are derived for the probability of detecting at least m threshold crossings in n transmitted laser pulses in the presence of atmospheric turbulence assuming uncorrelated Gaussian receiver noise. The limiting cases of no pulse-to-pulse correlation and complete correlation are evaluated explicitly. In general, we find the presence of correlation can significantly modify the detection statistics and should be included in systems calculations.
