Studies of Free Space Optical Links Through Simulated Boundary Layer and Long-Path Turbulence

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5237, Issue , 2004, Pages 127-135

  Wasiczko, Linda ^a   Smolyaninov, Igor I ^a   Milner, Stuart D ^a   Davis, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Optical wireless; Turbulence variation along a path

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL WIRELESS; TURBULENCE VARIATION ALONG A PATH;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 1942503925     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511365     Document Type: Conference Paper

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