Low power FLC-based retromodulator communications system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2990, Issue , 1997, Pages 296-310

  Swenson, Charles M ^a   Steed, Clark A ^a   DeLaRue, Imelda A ^b   Fugate, Robert Q ^b  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferro electric Liquid Crystal(FLC); Laser communication; Retromodulation; Satellite communication

Indexed keywords

CONCEPT DEMONSTRATION; EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; FERRO-ELECTRIC LIQUID CRYSTAL(FLC); FERROELECTRIC LIQUIDS; HIGH ALTITUDES; LASER COMMUNICATION; LOW POWERS; MODULATION RATES; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PAPER ADDRESSES; PHILLIPS (CO); RETROMODULATION; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION; TEST PATTERNS; LOW EARTH ORBITING SATELLITES; RETROMODULATOR COMMUNICATIONS;

BALLOONS; LASERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POWER CONTROL; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; TELESCOPES; TESTING;

COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0030650879     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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