Atmospheric-turbulence-induced power-fade statistics for a multiaperture optical receiver

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 33, 1997, Pages 8632-8638

  Belmonte, Aniceto ^a   Comeron A ^a   Rubio, J A ^a   Bara J ^a   Fernandez E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Computadores y Redes Informáticas ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optics; Averaging; Multiaperture systems

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; OPTICS; TURBULENCE;

EID: 0031581162     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.008632     Document Type: Article

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