Feasibility of retroreflective free-space optical communication using retroreflectors with very wide field of view

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5614, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-9

  Handerek, V ^a   Laycock, L ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corner cubes; Free space optical communication; Graded index; Retroreflectors; Sphere lenses

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BUDGET CONTROL; COHERENT LIGHT; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; MIRRORS;

CORNER-CUBES; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RETROREFLECTORS; SPHERE LENSES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 17644406367     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.577477     Document Type: Conference Paper

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