Performance loss factors for optical communication through clear air turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5160, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-12

  Ricklin, Jennifer C ^a   Bucaille, Stephane ^b   Davidson, Frederic M ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STRUCTURE FUNCTIONS; STRUCTURE PARAMETERS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; LASER BEAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL LINKS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SNOW;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 16544380352     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.504524     Document Type: Conference Paper

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