Scintillation reduction using multiple transmitters

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2990, Issue , 1997, Pages 102-113

  Kim, Isaac I ^a   Hakakha, Harel ^a   Adhikari, Prasanna ^a   Korevaar, Eric J ^a   Majumdar, Arun K ^b  

^a AstroTerra Corp   (United States)

^b Laser/electro optics Concepts Research (LCR) Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fade margin; Ground terminal; Laser communications; Multiple apertures; Satellite; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; COMMUNICATION; ERROR CORRECTION; FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL LINKS; PORT TERMINALS; POWER CONTROL; SATELLITE OBSERVATORIES; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION; SPACECRAFT OBSERVATORIES; TRANSMITTERS; DESIGN; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

FADE MARGIN; GROUND TERMINAL; LASER COMMUNICATIONS; MULTIPLE APERTURES; SATELLITE;

LASERS; SCINTILLATION;

MULTIPLE TRANSMITTERS; UPLINK SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0030688756     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.273685     Document Type: Conference Paper

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