Mitigation of atmospheric effects by adaptive optics for free-space optical communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7200, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Schwartz, Noah H ^a   Védrenne, Nicolas ^a   Michau, Vincent ^a   Velluet, Marie Thérèse ^a   Chazallet, Frédéric ^b  

^a ONERA   (France)

^b Shaktiware   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Atmospheric turbulence; Free space optical communication; Monte Carlo simulations; Optical propagation

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE SIMULATION; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; COMPENSATION METHOD; DATA RATES; DEFORMABLE MIRRORS; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL PROPAGATION; PHASE-ONLY; POWER IN THE BUCKET; PRE-COMPENSATION; RANGE FREE; SHACK-HARTMANN WAVEFRONT SENSORS; STRONG TURBULENCE; SYSTEM DESIGN;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CEMENTS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE DIFFRACTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 65649083447     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808142     Document Type: Conference Paper

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