Fiber coupling with adaptive optics for free-space optical communication

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4489, Issue , 2002, Pages 177-184

  Weyrauch, Thomas ^a   Vorontsov, Mikhail A ^a   Gowens Ii, John W ^a   Bifano, Thomas G ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Laser communication; Model free optimization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ALGORITHMS; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MIRRORS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; STREHL RATIO MAXIMIZATION; VLSI GRADIENT DESCENT CONTROLLER;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

EID: 0036398066     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.453227     Document Type: Article

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