45-Mbit/s cat's-eye modulating retroreflectors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Rabinovich, William S ^a   Goetz, Peter G ^a   Mahon, Rita ^a   Swingen, Lee ^a   Murphy, James ^a   Ferraro, Michael ^a   Burris Jr , H Ray ^a   Moore, Christopher I ^a,c   Suite, Michelle ^a,c   Gilbreath, G Charmaine ^a,c   Binari, Steven ^a   Klotzkin, David ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^c SPIE ^*

Author keywords

Cat's eye; Free space optical communication; Modulating retroreflector; Quantum well modulator; Retromodulator

Indexed keywords

FOCAL PLANE; MODULATING RETROREFLECTORS (MRRS); OPTICAL APERTURE;

IMAGE ACQUISITION; LIGHT MODULATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

ELECTROOPTICAL DEVICES;

EID: 39749099973     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2789634     Document Type: Article

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