Analysis of fading for a free-space optical communication link subject to atmospheric scintillation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5160, Issue , 2003, Pages 253-264

  Kiriazes, John J ^a   Phillips, R L ^b,c   Andrews, L C ^c  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b Florida Space Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric scintillation; Coding techniques; Gamma gamma distribution; Laser communications; Pulse position modulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC SCINTILLATION; CODING TECHNIQUES; GAMMA GAMMA DISTRIBUTION; PULSE-POSITION MODULATION;

GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PROBABILITY; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL ENCODING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TURBULENCE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 1942436938     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.507713     Document Type: Conference Paper

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