Free-space laser communication model

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5595, Issue , 2004, Pages 167-184

  Belen'kii, Mikhail S ^a   Hughes, Kevin ^a   Rye, Vincent ^a  

^a TREX ENTERPRISES CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Aperture averaging; Laser communication; Mitigation techniques; Performance analysis; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

APERTURE AVERAGING; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES; MODULATING RETROREFLECTOR (MRR); PAMCOM SOFTWARE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; BANDWIDTH; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; JAMMING; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SCINTILLATION; SERVERS; WATER;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 17044389465     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.570496     Document Type: Conference Paper

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