Optical communications through a dispersive medium: a performance bound for photocounting
Applied Optics, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 573-578 (1981)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.20.000573
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Abstract
This paper considers the effects of pulse stretching and background radiation on a binary optical communication system with a photon counting detector. An idealized receiver processor is developed which provides a lower bound on the error probability that can be achieved by any realizable processor. A very simple approximation to the error probability is shown to be valid for intersymbol interference over more than about five-bit intervals.
© 1981 Optical Society of America
Citation
James H. Chumside, "Optical communications through a dispersive medium: a performance bound for photocounting," Appl. Opt. 20, 573-578 (1981)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-20-4-573
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