Optical communications for deep space missions

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 134-139

  Wilson, Keith ^a   Enoch, Michael ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Emergent Information Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEODYMIUM LASERS; OPTICAL LINKS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; Q SWITCHED LASERS; SCINTILLATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; DEEP SPACE MISSIONS; LASERCOMM TECHNOLOGY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0034249784     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.860864     Document Type: Article

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