Soft decision capacity of M-ary PPM with photon counting in the presence of timing jitter spillover

A. L. Kachelmyer

doi:10.1117/12.732164

15 October 2007 Soft decision capacity of M-ary PPM with photon counting in the presence of timing jitter spillover

A. L. Kachelmyer

Proceedings Volume 6771, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques II; 677112 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732164
Event: Optics East, 2007, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Photon-counting combined with M-ary PPM is practically the most efficient means for implementing freespace optical communications. Data rates are limited by the speed of the counting devices. We calculate here the performance with soft decision coding that one can expect for speeds so fast that device-limiting timing jitter is the primary source of measurement error.

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A. L. Kachelmyer "Soft decision capacity of M-ary PPM with photon counting in the presence of timing jitter spillover", Proc. SPIE 6771, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques II, 677112 (15 October 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.732164

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