Negative avalanche feedback detectors for photon-counting optical communications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7199, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Farr, William H ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Laser communications; Optical communications; Photon counting; Single photon detector

Indexed keywords

1.55 MICRONS; AFTERPULSING; DARK COUNT RATE; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; FREE-SPACE COMMUNICATION; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; LASER COMMUNICATIONS; LINEAR MODES; NEAR INFRARED; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR; SINGLE PHOTONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; COMMUNICATION; FEEDBACK; GAS DETECTORS; JITTER; LASERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONICS; POWER CONTROL; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 65649092680     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.814865     Document Type: Conference Paper

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