High-rate photon-efficient laser communications with near single photon/bit receiver sensitivities

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 3-5

  Caplan, D O ^a   Robinson, B S ^a   Stevens, M L ^a   Boroson, D M ^a   Hamilton, S A ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; BANDWIDTH; LIGHT MODULATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

CHANNEL BANDWIDTH; ENERGY-EFFICIENT MODULATION; PHOTON-STARVED LINKS;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 33845360890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ofc.2006.215394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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