A coherent fiber array based laser link for atmospheric aberration mitigation and power scaling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5338, Issue , 2004, Pages 90-101

  Bruesselbach, Hans ^a   Minden, M L ^a   Wang, Shuoqin ^a   Jones, D Cris ^a   Mangir, M S ^a  

^a Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aberration; Coherent coupling; Fiber lasers; Laser communication

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ABERRATIONS; COHERENT COUPLING; FIBER LASER; LASER COMMUNICATIONS;

ABERRATIONS; ACOUSTIC ARRAYS; ATMOSPHERIC ACOUSTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BANDWIDTH; DIODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; MICROWAVE OSCILLATORS; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL LINKS;

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 3543111458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.529660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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