Adaptive optical transmitter and receiver for space communication through thin clouds

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1987-1993

  Arnon, S ^a   Kopeika, N S ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adaptive filter; Adaptive optical communication; Free space communication; Multiscattering; Optical pulse widening

Indexed keywords

SPACE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031399286     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.001987     Document Type: Article

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