Performance limitations of free-space optical communication satellite networks due to vibrations - Analog case

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 175-182

  Arnon, Shlomi ^a   Kopeika, Norman S ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b SPIE ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^e IEEE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Free space optical communication; Networks; Pointing; Repeaters; Tracking; Vibration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002157264     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601156     Document Type: Article

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