Citation
Abstract
Optical communications systems operating over interplanetary distances require the use of extremely narrow optical beams for maximum power concentration near the receiver. Consequently, pointing errors must be kept to a small fraction of a beamwidth to avoid severe deterioration in receiver performance, due to the decrease in received power associated with pointing errors. In this article, the mathematical models required for studying the effects of random pointing errors are developed and applied to the problem of quantifying the effects of pointing errors on the performance of coherent and incoherent optical receivers..
Details
- Volume
- 42-63
- Published
- June 15, 1981
- Pages
- 136–146
- File Size
- 545.8 KB