512-channel vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser based free-space optical link

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 26, 2002, Pages 5552-5561

  Châteauneuf, Marc ^a   Kirk, Andrew G ^a   Plant, David V ^a   Yamamoto, Tsuyoshi ^b   Ahearn, John D ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c BAE SYSTEMS   (United States)

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EID: 0037056332     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.005552     Document Type: Article

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