Evaluation of coverage area for a wide line-of-sight indoor optical free-space communication system employing coherent detection

IET Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 18-26

  Jafar, M ^a,b   O'Brien, D C ^a   Stevens, C J ^a   Edwards, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; OPTICAL LINKS; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL BOUNDARIES;

COHERENT DETECTION; FREE-SPACE COMMUNICATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 38849181784     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com:20060225     Document Type: Article

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