Demonstration of a high-sensitivity 1550-nm optical communication link using pulse-position modulation and a wavelength-converter-based receiver

Author

Grein, Matthew E. ; Elgin, Laura E. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Kerman, Andrew J. ; Hamilton, Scott A. ; Keicher, William E.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate a 1550-nm photon-counting optical communications channel using pulse-position modulation and an optical receiver utilizing a periodically-poled lithium niobate wavelength converter and a silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode.

Keywords

avalanche photodiodes; elemental semiconductors; lithium compounds; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical wavelength conversion; photodetectors; photon counting; pulse position modulation; silicon; telecommunication channels; LiNbO₃; Si; high-sensitivity optical communication link; periodically-poled lithium niobate; photon-counting optical communication channel; pulse-position modulation; silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength-converter-based optical receiver; Bit error rate; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Pulse modulation; Silicon; (060.4510) Optical communications; (190.7220) Upconversion; (230.4320) Nonlinear optical devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627612

Filename

4627612