• DocumentCode
    758156
  • Title

    Performance of Optical Receivers with Avalanche Photodetection

  • Author

    Sorensen, N. ; Gagliardi, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Aerospace Corp., El Segundo, CA, prev with Univ of S.Calif., Los Angeles
  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1979
  • fDate
    9/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1315
  • Lastpage
    1321
  • Abstract
    This paper reports the results of a computer study to numerically evaluate the digital performance of an optical receiver with avalanche photodetectors. Exact and approximate APD statistics were implemented and error probabilities in the range l0^{-1} to l0^{-4} were computed. Both shot-noise and receiver-noise limited conditions were examined, and on-off keying, binary pulse comparison, multilevel intensity, and PPM signaling formats are considered.
  • Keywords
    ASK signal detection; Avalanche photodiodes; Optical signal detection; PPM signal detection; Error probability; Noise level; Optical noise; Optical propagation; Optical receivers; Photodetectors; Power system modeling; Pulse modulation; Speech enhancement; Statistics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0090-6778
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TCOM.1979.1094555
  • Filename
    1094555
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=758156