Design of an Optical Photon Counting Array Receiver System for Deep-Space Communications

Mendenhall, Jeffrey A.; Candell, Lawrence M.; Hopman, P.I.; Zogbi, G.; Boroson, Don M.; Caplan, D.O.; Digenis, Constantine John.; Hearn, D. R.; Shoup, Ryan

doi:10.1109/jproc.2007.905098

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“…Another possible candidate in earth-to-satellite communications is the use of flying vehicles and high-altitude-platforms as beam relays [204][205][206]. When no amplification or intermediate relays are available, as in deep space communications [207], the losses may not be mitigated and more sophisticated receivers that operate at very low powers (photoncounting) are required [208].…”

Section: Satellite Links and High-altitude Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of communication-oriented optical wireless systems

Borah

Boucouvalas

Davis

et al. 2012

J Wireless Com Network

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This article presents an overview of optical wireless (OW) communication systems that operate both in the short-(personal and indoor systems) and the long-range (outdoor and hybrid) regimes. Each of these areas is discussed in terms of (a) key requirements, (b) their application framework, (c) major impairments and applicable mitigation techniques, and (d) current and/or future trends. Personal communication systems are discussed within the context of point-to-point ultra-high speed data transfer. The most relevant application framework and related standards are presented, including the next generation Giga-IR standard that extends personal communication speeds to over 1 Gb/s. As far as indoor systems are concerned, emphasis is given on modeling the dispersive nature of indoor OW channels, on the limitations that dispersion imposes on user mobility and dispersion mitigation techniques. Visible light communication systems, which provide both illumination and communication over visible or hybrid visible/ infrared LEDs, are presented as the most important representative of future indoor OW systems. The discussion on outdoor systems focuses on the impact of atmospheric effects on the optical channel and associated mitigation techniques that extend the realizable link lengths and transfer rates. Currently, outdoor OW is commercially available at 10 Gb/s Ethernet speeds for Metro networks and Local-Area-Network interconnections and speeds are expected to increase as faster and more reliable optical components become available. This article concludes with hybrid optical wireless/radio-frequency (OW/RF) systems that employ an additional RF link to improve the overall system reliability. Emphasis is given on cooperation techniques between the reliable RF subsystem and the broadband OW system.

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Section: Satellite Links and High-altitude Platformsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A review of communication-oriented optical wireless systems

Borah

Boucouvalas

Davis

et al. 2012

J Wireless Com Network

188

104

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“…As in the case of arrays of telescopes, the use of arrays of detectors offer additional advantages: It is possible to use them to extract information for the tracking process, as well as information related to atmospheric conditions, because they can distinguish between pixels; and they offer a way to dynamically adapt the field of view, depending on the number of elements used. This type of detection has proved to offer efficiency improvements of up to 40× in terms of photons per bit, compared with traditional systems (Mendenhall et al, 2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Development of Optoelectronic Sensors and Transceivers for Spacecraft Applications

Sánchez‐Pena¹,

Marcos²,

Carrasco³

et al. 2011

Advances in Spacecraft Technologies

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“…Owing to its unique operating mode, the Gm-APD simply records whether or not an avalanche event occurs in a given exposure time, outputs a digital signal (0 or 1) directly, and has the advantages of high photon detection efficiency, low sensitivity to magnetic field, small size, and low power consumption. The Gm-APD has become one of the most important solid-state optoelectronic devices and can be employed for camouflaged target imaging, low-light wireless optical communication, space debris detection, and remote target threedimensional (3D) imaging [3][4][5]. Target distance is a key parameter to obtain the target 3D image; the pulsed Gm-APD laser ranging system often utilizes the time-of-flight (TOF) technique to determine the target distance [6].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…At very low irradiance level, the detection probability in a Gm-APD without turbulence effects obeys Poisson statistics [1][2][3][4][5]. When the turbulence effects are added, a reducing detection performance will be produced, the influence of the turbulence effects on the photon flux can be modeled as a modulation of the mean irradiance, the statistics of the modulated echo photons is assumed to obey the lognormal distribution and be statistically independent of the echo photon detection, and the detection probability of the echo photons with turbulence effects is considered to obey the modulated Poisson distribution [7][8][9].…”

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Improved cumulative probabilities and range accuracy of a pulsed Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode laser ranging system with turbulence effects

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There exists a performance limitation in a pulsed Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode laser ranging system because of the echo intensity random fluctuation caused by turbulence effects. To suppress the influence of turbulence effects, we present a cumulative pulse detection technique with the ability to achieve improved cumulative probabilities and range accuracy. Based on the modulated Poisson model, the cumulative probabilities, range accuracy, and their influencing factors are investigated for a cumulative Q-switched laser pulse train. The results show that the improved cumulative probabilities and range accuracy can be obtained by utilizing cumulative pulse detection, with the condition that the echo intensity is 10, the echo pulse width is 10 ns, and the turbulence degree is 3, the target detection probability increases by 0.4, the false alarm probability decreases by 0.08, and the accuracy and precision increase by 46 cm and 27 cm, respectively.

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Design of an Optical Photon Counting Array Receiver System for Deep-Space Communications

Cited by 50 publications

References 11 publications

A review of communication-oriented optical wireless systems

A review of communication-oriented optical wireless systems

Development of Optoelectronic Sensors and Transceivers for Spacecraft Applications

Improved cumulative probabilities and range accuracy of a pulsed Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode laser ranging system with turbulence effects

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