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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452560
