A high-speed modulated retro-reflector communication link with a transmissive modulator in a cat's eye optics arrangement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6736, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Öhgren, Johan ^a   Kullander, Fredrik ^a   Sjöqvist, Lars ^a   Wang, Kun ^b   Wang, Qin ^b   Junique, Stéphane ^b   Almqvist, Susanne ^b   Noharet, Bertrand ^b  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b Aereo AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cat's eye optic; Free space optical communication; Modulated retro reflectors (MRR); Multi level modulation; Optical transmissive quantum well (MQW) modulator

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CAT'S EYE OPTIC; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MODULATED RETRO-REFLECTORS (MRR); MULTI-LEVEL MODULATION; OPTICAL TRANSMISSIVE QUANTUM WELL (MQW) MODULATOR;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 42149096120     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.737959     Document Type: Conference Paper

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