Diversity coherent and incoherent receivers for free-space optical communication in the presence and absence of interference

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 463-483

  Lee, Etty J ^a   Chan, Vincent W S ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent detection; Diversity; Free space optical communication; Interference

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND NOISE; COHERENT DETECTION; DIRECT DETECTION; DIVERSITY; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; INTERFERENCE; MULTIPLE ACCESS SYSTEMS; OFF-AXIS; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; POWER GAINS; POWER MARGINS;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; PHOTONICS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350564380     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.1.000463     Document Type: Article

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