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2 February 2020

In this paper the dynamical equation for propagating wave-fronts of gravitational signals in classical general relativity (GR) is determined. The work relies on the manifestly-covariant Hamilton and Hamilton–Jacobi theories underlying the Einst...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Space-Time and Symmetry Properties: Classical and Quantum Descriptions)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,515 Views
11 Pages

A Retroreflection Reduction Technique Based on the Wavefront Coded Imaging System

  • Qing Ye,
  • Yunlong Wu,
  • Yangliang Li,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Lei Wang and
  • Xiaoquan Sun

9 November 2021

A novel anti-cat-eye effect imaging technique based on wavefront coding is proposed as a solution to the problem of previous anti-cat-eye effect imaging techniques where imaging quality was sacrificed to reduce the retroreflection from the photoelect...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Field Modulation Based on Liquid Crystals and Beyond)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,953 Views
8 Pages

30 March 2022

In order to verify the estimated wave-front ability of the phase retrieval, a method utilized in the measurement of the aspherical optical surfaces using the phase retrieval technology is described. This technique is based on the algorithm as a solut...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Manufacture of Micro-Optical Lens)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,381 Views
13 Pages

16 September 2020

Imaging of scenes using light or other wave phenomena is subject to the diffraction limit. The spatial profile of a wave propagating between a scene and the imaging system is distorted by diffraction resulting in a loss of resolution that is proporti...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Ultrafast Imaging)
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  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,067 Views
11 Pages

24 June 2022

Elastic metagratings enabling independent and complete control of both reflection and transmission of bulk longitudinal and transverse waves are highly desired in application scenarios such as non-destructive assessment and structural health monitori...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Active, Tunable and Reconfigurable Elastic Metamaterials)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,633 Views
10 Pages

Electrical Phase Control Based on Graphene Surface Plasmon Polaritons in Mid-infrared

  • Yindi Wang,
  • Hongxia Liu,
  • Shulong Wang,
  • Ming Cai,
  • Haifeng Zhang and
  • Yanbin Qiao

22 March 2020

Phase modulation of light is the core of many optoelectronic applications, such as electro-optic switch, sensors and modulators. Graphene Surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) exhibit unique properties in phase modulation including dynamic tunability, a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures and Superlattices)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,193 Views
24 Pages

28 May 2025

The dynamic response law of the vibration cavity effect in the adjacent large-section rectangular coal roadways induced by deep-hole bench blasting vibrations was deeply revealed, and the prediction accuracy of the PPV in the coal roadway was improve...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,544 Views
27 Pages

The Influence of the Chamber Configuration on the Hydrodynamic Efficiency of Oscillating Water Column Devices

  • Ayrton Alfonso Medina Rodríguez,
  • Jesús María Blanco Ilzarbe,
  • Rodolfo Silva Casarín and
  • Urko Izquierdo Ereño

26 September 2020

Based on the two-dimensional linear wave theory, the effects of the front wall thickness and the bottom profile of an Oscillating Water Column (OWC) device on its efficiency were analyzed. Using the potential flow approach, the solution of the associ...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Numerical Assessments of Tidal Stream and Wave Energy in Coastal Shelf Seas)
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  • Open Access
1,649 Views
29 Pages

30 September 2025

Harmonic summation and amplification by winds blowing contrary to currents are known contributions to rogue waves in the region of the Agulhas current, but the causes of the observed wave steepness, asymmetric form, and non-breaking are poorly unders...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Air-Sea Interaction and Marine Dynamics)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
361 Views
22 Pages

This study investigates the flow field around a multi-cage aquaculture platform under wave–current coupling. Using STAR-CCM+ with fifth-order Stokes wave theory and a porous media model, the effects of incident wave height and net solidity rati...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,306 Views
18 Pages

In the present study, the problems of diffraction and radiation of water waves by a cylindrical heaving wave energy converter (WEC) placed in front of a reflecting V-shaped vertical breakwater are formulated. The idea conceived is based on the possib...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,147 Views
21 Pages

25 December 2023

The present paper focuses on investigating the cost-effective configuration of an array of wave energy converters (WECs) composed of vertical cylinders situated in front of a vertical seawall in irregular waves. First, the hydrodynamic calculations a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Techno-Economic Analysis and Optimization for Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,837 Views
24 Pages

The generation and propagation of water waves in a numerical wave flume with Ursell numbers (Ur) ranging from 0.67 to 43.81 were investigated using the wave generation theory of Goring and Raichlen and a two-dimensional numerical viscous wave flume m...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
1,027 Views
32 Pages

Volume phase holographic gratings (VPHGs) are high-performance dispersive elements characterized by high diffraction efficiency and low noise. When used as dispersive components in imaging spectrometers for CO2 detection, they can significantly enhan...

(This article belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,138 Views
17 Pages

20 July 2023

Two internal solitary waves (ISWs) with very long fronts observed by synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) are comparatively analyzed based on oceanic reanalysis data and the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) theory...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Remote Sensing in Oceanography: Prospects and Challenges II)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,144 Views
19 Pages

27 September 2023

Based on the assumption of linear potential flow theory, the scattering problem of a composite breakwater placed in front of an impermeable back wall is theoretically investigated. The velocity potential in each subregion is found using the eigenfunc...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
29 Citations
4,892 Views
25 Pages

In the present study, the hydrodynamic efficiency of a cylindrical wave energy converter (WEC) of vertical symmetry axis and arranged in front of a reflecting orthogonal breakwater is explored. The idea is based on exploiting the anticipated amplific...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breakwater Behaviour)
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  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,138 Views
23 Pages

12 November 2020

The present study explores the performance of an array of cylindrical oscillating water column (OWC) devices, having a vertical symmetry axis, placed in front of a bottom seated, surface piercing, vertical breakwater. The main goal of this study is t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Breakwater Behaviour)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,888 Views
13 Pages

Bursting Sand Balloons

  • Gustavo Gómez,
  • Francisco José Higuera,
  • Florencio Sánchez-Silva and
  • Abraham Medina

14 February 2024

Using linear elasticity theory, we describe the mechanical response of dry non-cohesive granular masses of Ottawa sand contained by spherical rubber balloons subject to sudden bursting in the earliest instants of the event. Due to the compression imp...

(This article belongs to the Collection Advances in Flow of Multiphase Fluids and Granular Materials)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,538 Views
18 Pages

21 August 2024

This work investigates the interaction between water waves and multiple ice shelf fragments in front of a semi-infinite ice sheet. The hydrodynamics are modelled using shallow water wave theory and the ice shelf vibration is modelled using Euler&ndas...

(This article belongs to the Section Mathematical and Computational Fluid Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,469 Views
17 Pages

This study aims to address the multi-beam transmission problem of optical wireless coherent communication systems under the influence of non-Kolmogorov turbulence. This paper establishes the mathematical model for mixing efficiency and BER of non-Kol...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Space Laser Communication and Networking Technology)
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  • Open Access
52 Citations
4,786 Views
18 Pages

Wavefront Aberration Sensor Based on a Multichannel Diffractive Optical Element

  • Svetlana N. Khonina,
  • Sergey V. Karpeev and
  • Alexey P. Porfirev

10 July 2020

We propose a new type of a wavefront aberration sensor, that is, a Zernike matched multichannel diffractive optical filter, which performs consistent filtering of phase distributions corresponding to Zernike polynomials. The sensitivity of the new se...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors Based on Diffraction Structures)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,989 Views
7 Pages

An Acoustic Flat Lens for Broadband Focusing via Cross-Shape Structure

  • Shenlian Gao,
  • Qinglei Zeng,
  • Mengyang Gong,
  • Jun Lan and
  • Xiaozhou Liu

21 December 2022

The manipulation of refracted wavefronts is eye-catching for owning attractive applications. In this article, an airborne acoustic flat lens for broadband focusing via cross-shape structure was proposed and demonstrated, introducing the broadband man...

(This article belongs to the Section A: Physics)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,700 Views
12 Pages

Laser Scanning Method for Time-Resolved Measurements of Wavefront Distortion Introduced by Active Elements in High-Power Laser Amplifiers

  • Alyona O. Kuptsova,
  • Gleb V. Kuptsov,
  • Vladimir A. Petrov,
  • Victor V. Atuchin and
  • Victor V. Petrov

A novel method was proposed for the experimental investigation of wavefront distortion introduced to amplified radiation by pumped active elements in high-power laser amplifiers. The method is based on the simultaneous measurement of temperature dist...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Perspectives in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science and Technology)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,005 Views
21 Pages

20 October 2025

The study focuses on the T-shaped tunnel scenario with protective doors, performs explosion tests using aluminized explosives, and investigates the propagation patterns and loading characteristics of explosion shock waves in the straight tunnel, at t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Blasting Technology for Mining)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,443 Views
14 Pages

22 December 2020

Following the well-known theory of Beurling and Roumieu ultradistributions, we investigate new spaces of ultradistributions as dual spaces of test functions which correspond to associated functions of logarithmic-type growth at infinity. In the given...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Microlocal and Time-Frequency Analysis)
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  • Open Access
817 Views
29 Pages

Design and Error Analysis of an Optical Measurement System for the Wavefront of Large-Aperture Segmented Mirror

  • Yukun He,
  • Hongbo Zhao,
  • Lanxin Peng,
  • Xiaodong Sui,
  • Changzheng Chen and
  • Yueyang Peng

26 February 2026

To better meet the wavefront measurement requirements for large-aperture segmented mirrors after in-orbit deployment, this paper designs a measurement system based on an optical camera and targets. This system utilizes photogrammetry principles to me...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Sensors: Instrumentation, Measurement and Metrology)
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  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,777 Views
23 Pages

Atmospheric turbulence causes signal beam wavefront distortion at the receiving end of a coherent detection system, which decreases the system mixing efficiency. Based on the coherent detection theory, this study establishes a mathematical model of w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Space Laser Communication and Networking Technology)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,628 Views
17 Pages

Numerical Investigation on Higher-Order Harmonic Waves Induced by a Submerged Inclined Plate

  • Zhimin Zhou,
  • Yawei Sun,
  • Lifen Chen,
  • Dezhi Ning and
  • Sulisz Wojciech

In this paper, a two-dimensional time-domain numerical flume has been established to model and investigate nonlinear interactions between nonlinear surface waves and a submerged inclined thin plate. The model solves the Laplace equation and the fully...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Feature Papers in Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,854 Views
10 Pages

Shock Wave Pressure Measurement and Calibration Method Based on Bar Pressure Sensor

  • Yong-Xiang Shi,
  • Ying-Cheng Peng,
  • Yuan-Ding Xing,
  • Xue-Jie Jiao,
  • Xiao-Fei Huang and
  • Ze-Qun Ba

1 August 2025

In order to correctly measure the shock wave pressure generated by a near-field explosion, and while considering the limitations of the measurement and calibration method of the current bar pressure sensor, an improved shock wave pressure measurement...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sensors for Characterization of Energetic Materials Effects)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,187 Views
17 Pages

Direct Measurements of Bed Shear Stress under Swash Flows on Steep Laboratory Slopes at Medium to Prototype Scales

  • Daniel Howe,
  • Chris E. Blenkinsopp,
  • Ian L. Turner,
  • Tom E. Baldock and
  • Jack A. Puleo

Robust measurements of bed shear stress under wave runup flows are necessary to inform beachface sediment transport modelling. In this study, direct measurements of swash zone bed shear stress were obtained in medium and prototype-scale laboratory ex...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamics of the Coastal Zone)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,825 Views
19 Pages

1 March 2023

We consider the initial-boundary value problem of reaction-diffusion-advection that has a solution of a front form. The statement comes from the theory of wave physics. We study the question of the solution stabilizing to the stationary one. Proof of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modelling and Applications)
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  • Open Access
491 Views
13 Pages

On-Chip Mid-Infrared Wavefront Sensing Based on Vectorial Photocurrent Manipulation

  • Tao Ye,
  • Xiaofei He,
  • Jun Ning,
  • Xueling Guo,
  • Xianda Zhang,
  • Ziao Li,
  • Wei Lu,
  • Xiaoshuang Chen and
  • Jing Zhou

24 June 2026

Wavefront sensing (WFS) is fundamental to adaptive optics, astronomical observation, biological microscopy, and free-space optical communications. However, conventional approaches—including Shack–Hartmann sensors, shearing interferometers...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,968 Views
18 Pages

Experimental Investigation of the Flow Field in the Vicinity of an Oscillating Wave Surge Converter

  • Moisés Brito,
  • Rui M. L. Ferreira,
  • Luis Teixeira,
  • Maria G. Neves and
  • Luís Gil

1 December 2020

The main objective of this paper is to characterize the flow field on the front face of an oscillating wave surge converter (OWSC) under a regular wave. For this purpose, the longitudinal and vertical velocity components were measured using an Ultras...

(This article belongs to the Section Ocean Engineering)
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  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,509 Views
24 Pages

26 September 2023

Geometrical shock dynamics (GSD) is a model capable of efficiently predicting the position, shape, and strength of a shock wave. Compared to the traditional Euler method that solves the inviscid Euler equations, GSD is a reduced-order model derived f...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)
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  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,735 Views
18 Pages

Correlation Technologies for Emerging Wireless Applications

  • Sidina Wane,
  • Fabien Ferrero,
  • Thanh Vinh Dinh,
  • Damienne Bajon,
  • Lionel Duvillaret,
  • Gwenaël Gaborit and
  • Vincent Huard

In this article, we introduce correlation technologies both at RF/mmWave and baseband frequencies. At RF and mmWave frequencies, power-spectra and energy-spectra metrics are introduced for measuring the power-density of mobile devices and systems. Ne...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue EMC Analysis in Wireless Communication)
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  • Open Access
918 Views
26 Pages

Image Formation and Resolution in Spatially Variant Coherent Imaging Systems

  • Junchang Li,
  • Chung-Hsuan Huang,
  • Jinbin Gui,
  • Chau-Jern Cheng and
  • Han-Yen Tu

11 June 2026

Since the invention of lasers, coherent imaging has been widely employed in digital holographic microscopy. Improving the resolution of the image field remains a key challenge for achieving high-precision measurements. However, due to the high cohere...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Image Processing and Sensing Technologies—Third Edition)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,279 Views
28 Pages

We advance a mathematical framework for collective conviction by deriving a continuum theory from the network-based model introduced by us recently. The resulting equation governs the evolution of belief through a degenerate anisotropic logistic&ndas...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,161 Views
22 Pages

13 August 2020

This study investigates the effect of an orthogonal-shaped reflecting breakwater on the hydrodynamic characteristics of a vertical cylindrical body. The reflecting walls are placed behind the body, which can be conceived as a floater for wave energy...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wind and Wave Renewable Energy Systems)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,276 Views
22 Pages

17 May 2022

The Alburquerque Cay Islands belong to a group of western Caribbean atolls, with a barrier reef of coral that is more than 8 km in diameter. An understanding of the reef ocean dynamics and its direct relationship to the functioning of the ecosystem i...

(This article belongs to the Section Sustainable Oceans)
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  • Open Access
271 Views
13 Pages

On the Role of Surface Tension in the Energy Budget of Dispersive Undular Bores

  • Samer Israwi,
  • Charbel Aoun,
  • Mahmoud Mehdi and
  • Bassam A. Y. Alqaralleh

14 August 2026

Undular bores are classical shallow-water phenomena in which a sharp transition between two flow states is replaced, in a dispersive theory, by an oscillatory wave train. In non-dispersive shallow-water theory, the bore is associated with an apparent...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,732 Views
22 Pages

15 October 2020

The maximum external force acting on a long continuous harbor structure can be reduced by controlling the phase difference of forces acting longitudinally. This strategy can be used to increase the structural stability of breakwaters consisting of ca...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wave-structure Interaction Processes in Coastal Engineering)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,328 Views
19 Pages

5 April 2022

This work provides an analytical approach to characterize and determine solutions to a porous medium system of equations with views in applications to invasive-invaded biological dynamics. Firstly, the existence and uniqueness of solutions are proved...

(This article belongs to the Section E3: Mathematical Biology)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,732 Views
28 Pages

Computer-Aided Laser-Fiber Output Beam 3D Spatial and Angular Design

  • Rocío Pérez de Prado,
  • Sebastián García-Galán,
  • José Enrique Muñoz-Expósito and
  • Adam Marchewka

2 January 2020

Multiple laser beams and single-mode optical fibers output can be approximated by assuming that the emitted light has a symmetrical Gaussian intensity profile, which corresponds to the transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM00), which is designated as a...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,124 Views
24 Pages

30 July 2021

A U-shaped oscillating water column (U-OWC) device has been investigated to enhance power extraction by placing the bottom-mounted vertical barrier in front of a conventional OWC. Then, the optimal design of a U-OWC device has been attempted by using...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Wave Energy Technologies in Korea)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,743 Views
22 Pages

20 September 2024

This study presents a self-consistent one-temperature approach for modeling shock waves in single-component methane. The rigorous mathematical model takes into account the complex structure of CH4 molecules with multiple vibrational modes and incorpo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mathematical Modeling, Optimization and Machine Learning, 2nd Edition)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
6,483 Views
14 Pages

High Frequency Field Measurements of an Undular Bore Using a 2D LiDAR Scanner

  • Kévin Martins,
  • Philippe Bonneton,
  • Frédéric Frappart,
  • Guillaume Detandt,
  • Natalie Bonneton and
  • Chris E. Blenkinsopp

10 May 2017

The secondary wave field associated with undular tidal bores (known as whelps) has been barely studied in field conditions: the wave field can be strongly non-hydrostatic, and the turbidity is generally high. In situ measurements based on pressure or...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,006 Views
18 Pages

5 May 2022

Free-space optics (FSO) communication enjoys desirable modulation rates at unexploited frequency bands, however, its application is hindered by atmospheric turbulence which causes phase shifting in laser links. Although a single deformable mirror (DM...

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