FSO communications: atmospheric effects for an airborne backbone

Ronald L. Phillips; Larry C. Andrews

doi:10.1117/12.785861

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18 April 2008 FSO communications: atmospheric effects for an airborne backbone

Ronald L. Phillips, Larry C. Andrews

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Proceedings Volume 6951, Atmospheric Propagation V; 695102 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785861
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

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Free-space optical communications (FSOC) has become an important application area because of the increasing need for larger bandwidths and high-data-rate transfer of information that is available at optical wavelengths. In this paper we discuss some of the atmospheric issues that are important to consider in the design of a FSOC link between aircraft at large separation distances, including aero-optical effects around the aircraft itself.

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Ronald L. Phillips and Larry C. Andrews "FSO communications: atmospheric effects for an airborne backbone", Proc. SPIE 6951, Atmospheric Propagation V, 695102 (18 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785861

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