Performance of an optical wireless communication system as a function of wavelength

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 4285-4294

  Manor, Haim ^a   Arnon, Shlomi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL LINKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

LASER TRANSMITTERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0041731886     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.004285     Document Type: Article

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