• DocumentCode
    3004315
  • Title

    Demonstration of a Wavelength-Converter-Based 1550-nm Photon-Counting Receiver with Better Than 2 Incident Photon/Bit Sensitivity

  • Author

    Grein, Matthew E. ; Elgin, Laura E. ; Robinson, Bryan S. ; Hamilton, Scott A. ; Boroson, Don M. ; Langrock, Carsten ; Fejer, Martin M.

  • Author_Institution
    Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We implemented a photon-counting optical receiver at 1550 nm with periodically-poled lithium niobate and a silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode. We measured a sensitivity of 1.9 incident photons/bit at 18.8 Mb/s for a single detector.
  • Keywords
    Geiger counters; avalanche photodiodes; lithium compounds; optical receivers; photon counting; LiNbO3; avalanche photodiode; bit rate 18.8 Mbit/s; incident photon-bit sensitivity; optical receiver; periodically-poled lithium niobate; photon counting receiver; silicon Geiger-mode; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength converter; Avalanche photodiodes; Band pass filters; Forward error correction; Laboratories; Lithium niobate; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Photonics Society; Pulse measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452560
  • Filename
    4452560
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3004315