Latest results from the 32 km maritime lasercom link at the Naval Research Laboratory, Chesapeake Bay lasercom test facility

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5793, Issue , 2005, Pages 209-219

  Burris, H R ^b   Moore, C I ^a   Swingen, L A ^a   Vilcheck, M J ^e   Tulchinsky, D A ^a   Mahon, R ^d   Wasiczko, L M ^a   Stell, M F ^b   Suite, M R ^a   Davis, M A ^c   Moore, S W ^a   Rabinovich, W S ^a   Murphy, J L ^a   Gilbreath, G C ^a   Scharpf, W J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c HONEYWELL   (United States)

^d TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^e Boeing SVS Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bit error rate; Free space lasercom; Free space optical communication; Maritime

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; FREE-SPACE LASERCOM; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MARITIME;

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA ACQUISITION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; LASERS; NAVAL ARCHITECTURE; VIDEO CAMERAS;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

EID: 26844517104     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.606030     Document Type: Conference Paper

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