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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2018

Temporal Encoding to Reject Background Signals in a Low Complexity, Photon Counting Communication Link.

Alexander D Griffiths, Johannes Herrnsdorf, Christopher Lowe, Malcolm Macdonald, Robert Henderson, Michael J Strain, Martin D Dawson

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Gallium nitride micro-light-emitting diode structured light sources for multi-modal optical wireless communications systems.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2020
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7 authors.

Alexander D GriffithsInstitute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK. alex.griffiths@strath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1124-4751
Johannes HerrnsdorfInstitute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK. johannes.herrnsdorf@strath.ac.uk.
Christopher LoweDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK. christopher.lowe@strath.ac.uk.
Malcolm MacdonaldDepartment of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XJ, UK. malcolm.macdonald.102@strath.ac.uk.
Robert HendersonCMOS Sensors & Systems Group, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JL, UK. robert.henderson@ed.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-0398-7520
Michael J StrainInstitute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK. michael.strain@strath.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-9752-3144
Martin D DawsonInstitute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1RD, UK. m.dawson@strath.ac.uk.

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/M01326X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Communicating information at the few photon level typically requires some complexity in the transmitter or receiver in order to operate in the presence of noise. This in turn incurs expense in the necessary spatial volume and power consumption of the system. In this work, we present a self-synchronised free-space optical communications system based on simple, compact and low power consumption semiconductor devices. A temporal encoding method, implemented using a gallium nitride micro-LED source and a silicon single photon avalanche photo-detector (SPAD), demonstrates data transmission at rates up to 100 kb/s for 8.25 pW received power, corresponding to 27 photons per bit. Furthermore, the signals can be decoded in the presence of both constant and modulated background noise at levels significantly exceeding the signal power. The system's low power consumption and modest electronics requirements are demonstrated by employing it as a communications channel between two nano-satellite simulator systems.

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CubeSatsGaNLEDoptical communicationssingle-photon avalanche diode

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PMID30205619
PMCPMC6164150

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