Interspacecraft Optical Communication and Navigation Using Modulating Retroreflectors

Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 100-106

  Creamer, N Glenn ^a,c   Gilbreath, G Charmaine ^a,c   Meehan, Timothy J ^a,d   Vilcheck, Michael J ^a,c   Vasquez, John A ^a,e   Rabinovich, William S ^a,c   Goetz, Peter G ^a,c   Mahon, Rita ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Code 8231 ^*  (United States)

^d Code 7215 ^*

^e Code 8121 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL EQUIPMENT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FEEDBACK CONTROL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NAVIGATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; ROBOTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPACECRAFT;

INTERSPACECRAFT OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MODULATING RETROREFLECTORS (MRR); MULTIPLE QUANTUM WELLS (MQW);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1042263849     PISSN: 07315090     EISSN: 15333884     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9290     Document Type: Article

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