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A comparison of APD and SPAD based receivers for visible light communications

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Visible light communications (VLC) is an alternative method of indoor wireless communications that requires sensitive receivers. Ideally, single photon avalanche detectors (SPADs) could be used to create more sensitive receivers. However, the dead-time, finite output pulse width and photon detection efficiency of existing SPAD arrays limits their sensitivity and bandwidth. In this paper an accurate equation for the impact of dead-time on the sensitivity of a SPAD array is presented. In additi...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1109/JLT.2018.2811180

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University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Engineering Science
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS Division
Department:
Engineering Science
Role:
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Publisher:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Publisher's website
Journal:
Journal of Lightwave Technology Journal website
Volume:
36
Issue:
12
Pages:
2435-2442
Publication date:
2018-02-28
Acceptance date:
2018-03-02
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EISSN:
1558-2213
ISSN:
0733-8724
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pubs:828267
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uuid:e78f5c6b-a30c-48e8-88cf-d08015eb0dfc
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828267
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2018-03-07

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