Free-Space Laser Communications Principles and Advances /

• Main Authors: Majumdar, Arun K. (Author), Ricklin, Jennifer C. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Optical and Fiber Communications Reports ; 2
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.

This book is intended for research scientists, engineers and students with an interest in the topic of free-space laser communications. It is intended as an all-inclusive source to serve the needs of those who require information about both basic concepts, as well as up-to-date advanced knowledge of...

Table of Contents:

• Atmospheric channel effects on free-space laser communication
• Free-space laser communication performance in the atmospheric channel
• Laser communication transmitter and receiver design
• Free-space laser communications with adaptive optics: Atmospheric compensation experiments
• Optical networks, last mile access and applications
• Communication techniques and coding for atmospheric turbulence channels
• Optical Communications in the mid-wave IR spectral band
• Quantum cascade laser-based free space optical communications
• All-weather long-wavelength infrared free space optical communications.