High-sensitivity photon-counting communications using Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes

Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 559-560

  Robinson, B S ^a   Caplan, D O ^a   Stevens, M L ^a   Barron, R J ^a   Dauler, E A ^a   Hamilton, S A ^a   McIntosh, K A ^a   Donnelly, J P ^a   Duerr, E K ^a   Verghese, S ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE TECHNOLOGY; PHOTON COUNTING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 33751332518     PISSN: 10928081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOS.2005.1548127     Document Type: Conference Paper

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