free-space optical communication

communication using light sent through free space

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optical communication, technology, space instrument[1][2][3]
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concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en free-space optical communication en free-space optics en FSO ar الاتصالات البصرية في الفضاء الحر de Laserstrecke de Lichtsprechgerät de Optical Wireless de optische Freiraumdatenübertragung de Free Space Optics de optische Freiraumübertragung de optische Freiraumübertragungstechnik de optischer Richtfunk de optisches Freiraumsystem de photonische Freiraumsysteme de optische Freiraumkommunikation de Free-Space Optics de Laserlink de Laser-Link es Comunicacion óptica por el espacio libre es Comunicacion optica por el espacio libre
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C197000039
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Laserlink hss46.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/04qsfx
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
197000039

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  1. 20w ago · JhealdBatch bot · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Free-space optical communication
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    On focus list of Wikimedia project → concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies
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