Performance limitations of free-space optical communication satellite networks due to vibrations: Direct detection digital mode

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 3148-3157

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

^a SPIE   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES   (United States)

^e IEEE

Author keywords

Networks; Optical amplifiers; Pointing; Satellite optical communication; Tracking; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002157266     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601553     Document Type: Article

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