Fiber bundles in transceivers to mitigate scintillation effects on free-space optical networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6551, Issue , 2007, Pages

  LoPresti, Peter G ^a   Brooks, Nathan ^a   Sumpter, Warren ^a   Refai, Hazem ^b  

^a The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Divergence; Fiber bundle; Free space optics; Laser communication; Misalignment

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL BEAM SPLITTERS; OPTICAL LINKS; SCINTILLATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

FIBER BUNDLE; FREE-SPACE OPTICS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 35948961565     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.718265     Document Type: Conference Paper

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