Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Based on DPSK Modulation and Silicon Photomultiplier

Tang, Xinke; Zhang, Long; Sun, Caiming; Chen, Zhe; Wang, Hongjie; Jiang, Rui; Li, Zhongyi; Shi, Wu; Zhang, Aidong

doi:10.1109/access.2020.3037174

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“…An important performance parameter for any communications system is the bit error rate (BER), which depends upon the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the receiver’s output. An approach to increasing the SNR of an OWCs or VLCs system is to use silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) in the receiver [ 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. These devices are arrays of microcells, containing a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), that are designed so that an output pulse is generated whenever an avalanche event occurs.…”

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“…The performance of receivers containing commercially available SiPMs can be determined experimentally [ 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. Ideally, the results of these experiments could be used to inform the selection of the best SiPMs from amongst those that have different characteristics.…”

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A Roadmap for Gigabit to Terabit Optical Wireless Communications Receivers

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Silicon photomultipliers’ relatively large areas and ability to detect single photons make them attractive as receivers for optical wireless communications. In this paper, the relative importance of the non-linearity and width of SiPMs’ fast output in their performance in receivers is investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. Using these results, the performances of receivers containing different SiPMs are estimated. This is followed by a discussion of the potential performances of arrays of existing SiPMs. Finally, the possible dramatic improvements in performance that could be achieved by using two stacked integrated circuits are highlighted.

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