Title :
High-rate photon-efficient laser communications with near single photon/bit receiver sensitivities
Author :
Caplan, D.O. ; Robinson, B.S. ; Stevens, M.L. ; Boroson, D.M. ; Hamilton, S.A.
Author_Institution :
MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Optical communication systems with sensitivities approaching a single photon/bit can be realized by combining near-quantum-limited optically-preamplified receiver performance with energy-efficient modulation and coding. Potential applications include average-power-limited photon-starved links where channel bandwidth is readily available.
Keywords :
encoding; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical receivers; telecommunication channels; bit receiver sensitivity; channel bandwidth; coding; modulation; photon-efficient laser communications; single photon sensitivity; AWGN; Bandwidth; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Forward error correction; High speed optical techniques; Modulation coding; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215394
