Real time video transfer using multiple quantum well retromodulators

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4821, Issue , 2002, Pages 155-162

  Gilbreath, G Charmaine ^a   Rabinovich, W S ^a   Meehan, Timothy J ^a   Vilcheck, Michael J ^a   Stell, Mena ^a   Mahon, Rita ^a   Goetz, Peter G ^a   Oh, Eun ^a   Vasquez, John ^a   Cochrell, Kerry ^a   Lucke, Robert ^a   Mozersky, Sharon ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat's eye retromodulator; Free space optical communications; Modulating retroreflector(s); MQW retromodulators; Retromodulators

Indexed keywords

IMAGE CODING; IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; UNMANNED VEHICLES; VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELET TRANSFORMS;

COLOR VIDEO; MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELL RETROMODULATORS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE; VIDEO TRANSFER;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0036991695     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.465907     Document Type: Article

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