Extending the range and performance of non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communication links

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6231, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Shaw, Gary A ^a   Siegel, Andrew M ^a   Model, Joshua ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NON LINE OF SIGHT (NLOS); PHOTOMULTIPLIER DETECTORS; SOLAR BLIND REGION; ULTRAVIOLET COMMUNICATION LINKS;

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

ULTRAVIOLET DEVICES;

EID: 33747366440     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.666194     Document Type: Conference Paper

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