A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection
In order to achieve high-speed, high-sensitivity optical communication over long distances and high attenuation channels, we propose a photon-counting communication system based on the detection of multichannel single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). First, the ideal pulse position modulation (PPM)...
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| description | In order to achieve high-speed, high-sensitivity optical communication over long distances and high attenuation channels, we propose a photon-counting communication system based on the detection of multichannel single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). First, the ideal pulse position modulation (PPM) bit error rate (BER) expression for a multichannel detection system is derived, and then the effect of the detector's dead time is taken into account. The BER of the multichannel detection system was analyzed by means of a Monte Carlo simulation, after which we set up a four-channel receiving experimental verification system with a 1 × 4 fiber splitter and four single-photon counting modules (SPCMs). The simulation and experimental results demonstrated that the BER of the multichannel detection system could be greatly reduced and the communication speed substantially improved. Finally, a reliable photon-counting communication system with a rate of 50 Mbps and sensitivity of 4 photons/bit was developed using serially-concatenated pulse position modulation (SCPPM) technology. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-2f70aa7e48344557b9ddac1f84acd6e62025-07-01T23:54:01ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552021-01-0113211010.1109/JPHOT.2021.30580029351595A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD DetectionGuanhua Wen0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7763-4341Jun Huang1Liang Zhang2Changkun Li3Tiancheng Wen4Jianyu Wang5Key Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaKey Laboratory of Space Active Opto-Electronics Technology, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, ChinaIn order to achieve high-speed, high-sensitivity optical communication over long distances and high attenuation channels, we propose a photon-counting communication system based on the detection of multichannel single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). First, the ideal pulse position modulation (PPM) bit error rate (BER) expression for a multichannel detection system is derived, and then the effect of the detector's dead time is taken into account. The BER of the multichannel detection system was analyzed by means of a Monte Carlo simulation, after which we set up a four-channel receiving experimental verification system with a 1 × 4 fiber splitter and four single-photon counting modules (SPCMs). The simulation and experimental results demonstrated that the BER of the multichannel detection system could be greatly reduced and the communication speed substantially improved. Finally, a reliable photon-counting communication system with a rate of 50 Mbps and sensitivity of 4 photons/bit was developed using serially-concatenated pulse position modulation (SCPPM) technology.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9351595/Photon-counting communicationsingle-photon counting modulemultichannel detectionserially-concatenated pulse position modulation |
| spellingShingle | Guanhua Wen Jun Huang Liang Zhang Changkun Li Tiancheng Wen Jianyu Wang A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection IEEE Photonics Journal Photon-counting communication single-photon counting module multichannel detection serially-concatenated pulse position modulation |
| title | A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection |
| title_full | A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection |
| title_fullStr | A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection |
| title_full_unstemmed | A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection |
| title_short | A High-Speed and High-Sensitivity Photon-Counting Communication System Based on Multichannel SPAD Detection |
| title_sort | high speed and high sensitivity photon counting communication system based on multichannel spad detection |
| topic | Photon-counting communication single-photon counting module multichannel detection serially-concatenated pulse position modulation |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9351595/ |
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