Comparison between experimental and theoretical probability of fade for free space optical communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4873, Issue , 2002, Pages 79-89

  Al Habash, Ammar ^a   Fischer, Kenneth W ^a   Cornish, Carrie Sjaarda ^a   Desmet, Ken N ^a   Nash, Janae ^a  

^a Terabeam Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Free space optical; Laser beam propagation; Probability of fade; Scintillation; Terrestrial communication

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LASER BEAMS; OPTICAL LINKS; PROBABILITY; SCINTILLATION; TRANSMITTERS;

TERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0038756069     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.455514     Document Type: Conference Paper

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