Spatially partially coherent beam parameter optimization for free space optical communications

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 20746-20758

  Borah, Deva K ^a   Voelz, David G ^a  

^a Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTIMIZATION; OUTAGES; SCINTILLATION;

BEAM WIDTHS; COHERENCE LENGTHS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; NUMERICAL TESTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; PARTIALLY COHERENT BEAM; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHASE FRONT; RADIUS OF CURVATURE; SCINTILLATION INDEX; TRANSMISSION DISTANCES; WEAK TURBULENCE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77957994117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.020746     Document Type: Article

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