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GEEZ- About that animation

I just wanted an animation of turbulence induced scintillation on a laser beam- so I asked Claude to find one online- here is the exchange:

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This is in no way an 'easy' calculation to do- it involves advanced calculations of phase and amplitude of a Gaussian beam and how its distorted and interferes with itself ... and Claude did it on a lark...

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