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MOSTCOM in Industry

Overview MOSTCOM (also MOCTKOM, MOSTKOM, and JSC Mostcom) is a Russian telecommunications company specializing in free-space optics research and development. The name "MOSTCOM" comes from a ...

Russia
Optical Wireless Communications (OWC) in Optical Fundamentals

Overview Optical wireless communications (OWC) is an umbrella term describing any optical communication technology that does not require a hard-wired link between the transmitter and receiver, such as ...

Attochron in Industry

Overview Attochron, LLC, is a United States company based in of Lexington, Virginia, that specializes in the development of ultrashort pulse laser (USPL) systems for FSO telecommunications, LIDAR and ...

Ultrashort
UV Non-Line-of-Sight System in Technical Applications

Overview An Ultraviolet Non-Line-Of-Sight system (or, UV NLOS system) is a system designed to perform short-ranged free-space optical communication using atmospheric scattering to broadcast a signal ...

NLOS
Rayleigh scattering
Ultraviolet
UV
Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) in Digital & Coding Fundamentals

Overview Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) is a communications method which uses a cryptographic protocol involving components of quantum mechanics. It is based on individual light quanta (single ...

Quantum
Satellite
Dynamic Networks (SDN/NFV) in Digital & Coding Fundamentals

Overview Dynamic networks are networking systems that are designed to be adapted to a customer's needs. Typically, dynamic networking refers to controlling the software of a network to meet a user's ...

AMERGINT Technologies in Industry

Overview AMERGINT is a technology development company based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado. AMERGINT specializes in the space industry and has delivered satellite test systems, innovative software, ...

Satellite
Space
United States
Applied Technology Associates (ATA) in Industry

Overview Applied Technology Associates (ATA) is a small business with operating sites in New Mexico, Maryland, Alabama, and various Air Force bases and missile testing sites around the United States. ...

Optical Limitations in FSO Disadvantages

Absorption Absorption is caused by molecules suspended in the terrestrial atmosphere interacting with an incident photon and absorbing some or all of its energy. Absorption is strongly correlated to ...

FSO
Optical Communications
Physical Limitations in FSO Disadvantages

Obstructions Flying birds, trees, and tall buildings can temporarily block a single beam when it appears in line of sight (LOS) of transmission in an FSO system. Scintillation There can exist ...

Disadvantages
FSO