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Free-space Optics

Free-Space Optics is a subfield of optical communication that studies and implements the transmission of information by modulating and propagating optical waves through unguided free space (atmosphere or vacuum) over line-of-sight paths, rather than through guided media such as optical fibers or waveguides.

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Terabit free-space data transmission employing orbital angular momentum multiplexing

Jian Wang, Jeng-Yuan Yang, Irfan Fazal et al. · Nature Photonics · 2012 · 4.6K citations

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Diffraction-free beams

J. Durnin, Joseph J. Miceli, J. H. Eberly · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 3.6K citations

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Free-space information transfer using light beams carrying orbital angular momentum

Graham M. Gibson, Johannes Courtial, Miles J. Padgett et al. · Optics Express · 2004 · 2.5K citations · Full text

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Survey on Free Space Optical Communication: A Communication Theory Perspective

Mohammad‐Ali Khalighi, Murat Uysal · IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials · 2014 · 2.4K citations · Full text

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Device Requirements for Optical Interconnects to Silicon Chips

David A. B. Miller · Proceedings of the IEEE · 2009 · 2K citations

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  1. YC
    Yangjian Cai

    Soochow University, China

    84 publications · 4.7K citations

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  2. MA
    Mohamed‐Slim Alouini

    King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia

    68 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. ZG
    Zabih Ghassemlooy

    Northumbria University, United Kingdom

    94 publications · 4.5K citations

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  4. AE
    Alan E. Willner

    University of Southern California, United States

    61 publications · 11.4K citations

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  5. MT
    Moshe Tur

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    46 publications · 9.8K citations

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  1. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

    38 h-index

    171 publications

    11.5K citations

  2. Northumbria University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    37 h-index

    225 publications

    10.4K citations

  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    37 h-index

    230 publications

    13.8K citations

  4. Soochow University

    Suzhou, China

    35 h-index

    187 publications

    10.6K citations

  5. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    35 h-index

    577 publications

    104.2K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    34 h-index

    417 publications

    15.3K citations

  7. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    34 h-index

    104 publications

    17.8K citations

  8. University of Central Florida

    Orlando, United States

    34 h-index

    158 publications

    12.2K citations

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  1. Optics Express

    408 publications · 23.4K citations

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  2. Optics Letters

    200 publications · 12.2K citations

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  3. Journal of Lightwave Technology

    173 publications · 12.2K citations

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  4. Applied Optics

    183 publications · 8.3K citations

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