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Gaps of free-space optics beams with the Beer–Lambert law

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Abstract

Lasers used in free-space optics propagate a beam within a truncated cone. Because of this shape, the intensity cannot follow the Beer–Lambert law. In the case of a homogeneous atmosphere, we calculate the gap from the cylinder case. We will see that the gap exists but is generally very weak and, therefore, that the use of the Beer–Lambert law is a justified approximation.

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