Free-space optical channel propagation tests over a 147-km link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8038, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Juarez, Juan C ^a   Young, David W ^a   Sluz, Joseph E ^a   Riggins II, James L ^a   Hughes, David H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Free space optical communications; Scintillation

Indexed keywords

10 GBPS; BI-DIRECTIONAL LINKS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL; LINK CONFIGURATION; LONG DISTANCES; RISK REDUCTION EFFORTS; TEST CONFIGURATIONS; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; SOFTWARE TESTING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 79959536888     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.886890     Document Type: Conference Paper

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