Free-space optical wavelength diversity scheme for fog mitigation in a ground-to-unmanned-aerial-vehicle communications link

Optical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Harris, Alan ^a   Sluss Jr , James J ^a   Refai, Hazem H ^a   LoPresti, Peter G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

Fog; Free space optics; Laser communications; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Wavelength diversity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FOG; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL LINKS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

FREE-SPACE OPTICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES; WAVELENGTH DIVERSITY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33751399296     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2338565     Document Type: Article

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