A free-space optical terminal for fading channels

This paper describes a lasercom terminal using spatial diversity to mitigate fading caused by atmospheric scintillation. Multiple receive apertures are separated sufficiently to capture statistically independent samples of the incoming beam. The received optical signals are tracked individually, pho...

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Main Authors: Crucioli, David A. (Contributor), Wilcox, William E., Jr (Contributor), Volpicelli, Alicia M. (Contributor), Walther, Frederick G. (Contributor), Murphy, Robert J. (Contributor), Williams, Timothy H. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Lincoln Laboratory (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2010-03-19T15:29:09Z.
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