Laser satellite communication network-vibration effect and possible solutions

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1646-1661

  Arnon, Shlomi ^a   Kopeika, N S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Laser communication; Optical networks; Satellite optical communication; Vibrations

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

LASER SATELLITE COMMUNICATION NETWORK;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031245714     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.640772     Document Type: Article

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