Optical communications in space

2009 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Karafolas, Nikos ^a   Sodnik, Zoran ^a   Armengol, Josep Maria Perdigues ^a   Mckenzie, Iain ^a  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-ORBIT; SATELLITE APPLICATIONS; SPACE USE;

OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONICS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77950942473     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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