Adaptive beam-size control for ground to satellite laser communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3266, Issue , 1998, Pages 221-230

  Yenice, Yusuf E ^a   Evans, Barry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence; Chaos; Laser communications

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CHAOS THEORY; LIGHT PROPAGATION; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION;

SATELLITE RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 0032224398     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.308710     Document Type: Conference Paper

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