Power versus stabilization for laser satellite communication

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 3229-3233

  Arnon, Shlomi ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; HETERODYNING; LASERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL LINKS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITE LINKS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

LASER SATELLITE COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032615188     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.003229     Document Type: Article

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