Pointing errors and fade statistics associated with a laser satellite communication system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2956, Issue , 1997, Pages 166-178

  Andrews, Larry C ^a   Phillips, Ronald L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric optics; Detection; Propagation; Satellites; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERICS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ERRORS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; LASERS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; SCINTILLATION; TRELLIS CODES;

BEAM WAVES; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; DETECTION; DOWN LINKS; FLUCTUATION THEORIES; GAUSSIAN; LARGE DIAMETERS; LASER COMMUNICATION LINKS; LASER SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; LOGNORMAL MODELS; OPTICAL BEAMS; PLANE WAVES; POINTING ERRORS; PROPAGATION; SPHERICAL WAVES; SPOT SIZES; ZENITH ANGLES;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 34547999091     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.263165     Document Type: Conference Paper

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