Experimental evaluation of LED-based solar blind NLOS communication links

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 15059-15068

  Chen, Gang ^a   Abou Galala, Feras ^a   Xu, Zhengyuan ^a   Sadler, Brian M ^b  

^a University of California Riverside   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; NOISE STATISTICS; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; RECEIVER PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION DISTANCES; SOLAR BLIND FILTERS; TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER; WIDE FIELD OF VIEW;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ILLUMINATION; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATION; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 52049103397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.015059     Document Type: Article

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