An end-to-end demonstration of a receiver array based free-space photon counting communications link

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6304, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hopman, P I ^a   Boettcher, P W ^a   Candell, L M ^a   Glettler, J B ^a   Shoup, R ^a   Zogbi, G ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep space communications; Free space laser communications; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; FREE-SPACE LASER COMMUNICATIONS; PHOTON COUNTING; RF SYSTEMS;

AVALANCHE DIODES; CHANNEL CAPACITY; DATA TRANSFER; DECODING; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; TURBO CODES;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33750708219     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.682845     Document Type: Conference Paper

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