Intensity fluctuations in laser links between the ground and a satellite

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 34, 2005, Pages 7364-7370

  Toyoda, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LINKS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SCINTILLATION;

BEAM RADIUS; LASER-BEAM-INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; LOG-INTENSITY VARIANCE; RECEIVING-APERTURE;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 29344456753     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.007364     Document Type: Article

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