Real-time measurements of visibility and transmission in far-, mid- and near-IR free space optical links

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 610-611

  Colvero, C P ^a   Cordeiro, M C R ^a   Von Der Weid, J P ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FADING (RADIO); FOG; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT EXTINCTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; QUANTUM WELL LASERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS; VISIBILITY;

EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL (FSO) SYSTEMS; REAL-TIME MEASUREMENTS; TRANSMISSION WINDOWS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 19944365895     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20050668     Document Type: Article

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