50-Mbps free-space direct detection laser diode optical communication system with Q=4PPM signaling

Xiaoli Sun; Frederic M. Davidson; Christopher T. Field

doi:10.1117/12.18204

1 July 1990 50-Mbps free-space direct detection laser diode optical communication system with Q=4PPM signaling

Xiaoli Sun, Frederic M. Davidson, Christopher T. Field

Proceedings Volume 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18204
Event: OE/LASE '90, 1990, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

A 50 Mbps direct detection optical communication system for use in an intersatellite link was constructed with an AlGaAs laser diode transmitter and a silicon avalanche photodiode photodetector. The system used a Q = 4 PPM format. The receiver consisted of a maximum likelihood PPM detector and a timing recovery subsystem. The PPM slot clock was recovered at the receiver by using a transition detector followed by a PLL. The PPM word clock was recovered by using a second PLL whose input was derived from the presence of back-to-back PPM pulses contained in the received random PPM pulse sequences. The system achieved a bit error rate of 0.000001 at less than 50 detected signal photons/information bit. The receiver was capable of acquiring and maintaining slot and word synchronization for received signal levels greater than 20 photons/information bit, at which the receiver bit error rate was about 0.01.

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Xiaoli Sun, Frederic M. Davidson, and Christopher T. Field "50-Mbps free-space direct detection laser diode optical communication system with Q=4PPM signaling", Proc. SPIE 1218, Free-Space Laser Communication Technologies II, (1 July 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.18204

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