45 Mbps cat's eye modulating retro-reflector link over 7 Km

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6304, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Rabinovich, W S ^a   Mahon, R ^a   Goetz, P G ^a   Swingen, L ^a   Murphy, J ^a   Ferraro, M ^a   Burns, R ^a   Suite, M ^a   Moore, C I ^a   Gilbreath, G C ^a   Binari, S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat's eye; Free space optical communication; Modulating retro reflector; Quantum well modulator; Retromodulator

Indexed keywords

FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MODULATING RETRO-REFLECTOR; QUANTUM WELL MODULATORS; RETROMODULATORS;

ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION; LENSES; LIGHT MODULATORS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SENSORS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33750700773     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.688407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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