Angular structure of laser radiation in a Markov binary mixture

Laser-radiation transfer in a Markov binary mixture is compared to transfer in an equivalent homogeneous medium. Within the framework of a small-angle approximation a system of equations that describe the angular moments of the second order (angular dispersion) for a laser beam and the equation for laser-beam intensity is obtained. The results of the calculations show a significant effect of the stochastic nature of the medium on the intensity and the angular structure of the laser beam. Deceased Institute of Applied Optics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 11, Belynitskii-Birulya St., Mogilev, 272793. Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Spektroskopii, Vol. 66, No. 1, pp. 36–42, January–February, 1999.