Mitigation of atmospheric effects on terrestrial free space optical communication systems

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5338, Issue , 2004, Pages 102-118

  Mecherle, G Stephen ^a  

^a fSONA Communications Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric attenuation; Fog; Free space optics; Optical wireless; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; EXTRATERRESTRIAL COMMUNICATION LINKS; FOG; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; RAIN; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SNOW; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ATTENUATION; FREE SPACE OPTICS; MITIGATION; OPTICAL WIRELESS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 3543143062     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.537593     Document Type: Conference Paper

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