Broadband backhaul communication for stratospheric platforms: The Stratospheric Optical Payload Experiment (STROPEX)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6304, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Horwath, Joachim ^a   Knapek, Markus ^a   Epple, Bernhard ^a   Brechteisbauer, Martin ^a   Wilkerson, Brandon ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAPANINA; High altitude platform; Optical inter platform link; Stratospheric environmental conditions; STROPEX

Indexed keywords

HIGH ALTITUDE PLATFORM; OPTICAL INTER PLATFORM LINKS; STRATOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; STRATOSPHERIC OPTICAL PAYLOAD EXPERIMENT (STROPEX);

DATA REDUCTION; LASER THEORY; OPTICAL DESIGN; SIGNAL DETECTION; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33750688164     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.680824     Document Type: Conference Paper

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