Performance analysis and tradeoffs for dual-pulse PPM on optical communication channels with direct detection

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1969-1979

  Simon, Marvin K ^a   Vilnrotter, Victor A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct detection; Multipulse position modulation (MPPM); Optical communications; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONSTRAINT THEORY; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; PULSE MODULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

DIRECT DETECTION; MULTIPULSE POSITION MODULATION (MPMM); PHOTON COUNTING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 9444264388     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2004.836554     Document Type: Article

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