6 . 0 Optical Propagation and Communication Academic and Research Staff

The central theme of our programs has been to advance the understanding of optical and quasi-optical communication, radar, and sensing systems. Broadly speaking, this has entailed: 1) developing system-analytic models for important optical propagation, detection, and communication scenarios; 2) using these models to derive the fundamental limits on system performance; and 3) identifying and establishing through experimentation the feasibility of, techniques and devices which can be used to approach these performance limits.