1.5-photons/bit photon-counting optical communications using Geiger-Mode avalanche photodiodes

LEOS Summer Topical Meeting

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 41-42

  Robinson, B S ^a   Caplan, D O ^a   Stevens, M L ^a   Barron, R J ^a   Dauler, E A ^a   Hamilton, S A ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ERROR CORRECTION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; PULSE MODULATION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

PHOTON-COUNTING COMMUNICATIONS; PULSE-POSITION MODULATION; RECEIVER SENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33748324651     PISSN: 10994742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1527983     Document Type: Conference Paper

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