Spatial intensity correlation and aperture averaging measurements in a 20 mile retro-reflected lasercom link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5160, Issue , 2003, Pages 474-482

  Moore, Christopher I ^a   Burris, Harris R ^b   Suite, Michele R ^a   Stell, Mena F ^b   Vilcheck, Michael J ^a   Davis, Mark A ^c   Mahon, Rita ^d   Rabinovich, William S ^a   Gilbreath, G Charmaine ^a   Oh, Eun ^a   Scharpf, William J ^a   Reed, Anne E ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture averaging; Free space lasercom; Free space optical communications; Scintillation; Spatial coherence; Spatial correlations

Indexed keywords

FREE SPACE COMMUNICATION; SPATIAL COHERENCE; SPATIAL CORRELATION;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CORRELATION METHODS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SCINTILLATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EID: 16544362864     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.507864     Document Type: Conference Paper

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