Optical satellite communications with Erbium doped fiber amplifiers

Space Communications

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-67

  Pfennigbauer, Martin ^a   Leeb, Walter R ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; FIBER LASERS; PHOTONS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

OPTICAL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0041780754     PISSN: 09248625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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