Comparative study of the performance of analog fiber optic links versus free-space optical links

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Refai, Hakki H ^a   Sluss Jr , James J ^a   Refai, Hazem H ^a   Atiquzzaman, Mohammed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TULSA   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cable television; Carrier to noise ratio; Dynamic range; Free space optics; Radio frequency; Transmission response

Indexed keywords

CABLE TELEVISION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL DISTORTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

CARRIER-TO-NOISE RATIO; FREE-SPACE OPTICS; RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNALS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33748624057     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2174623     Document Type: Article

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