A high dynamic-range photon-counting receiver for deep space optical communication

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryan Rogalin ◽  
Edwin Grigorian ◽  
Daniel Cho ◽  
Philip Tsao ◽  
Nate Richard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
High Dynamic Range ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Space Optical Communication ◽  
High Dynamic

scholarly journals High Dynamic Range Imaging with TDC-Based CMOS SPAD Arrays

Instruments ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Majid Zarghami ◽  
Leonardo Gasparini ◽  
Matteo Perenzoni ◽  
Lucio Pancheri
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
High Dynamic Range ◽  
Oxide Semiconductor ◽  
Photon Flux ◽  
Integration Time ◽  
Rate Dependent ◽  
High Dynamic

This paper investigates the use of image sensors based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) in high dynamic range (HDR) imaging by combining photon counts and timestamps. The proposed method is validated experimentally with an SPAD detector based on a per-pixel time-to-digital converter (TDC) architecture. The detector, featuring 32 × 32 pixels with 44.64-µm pitch, 19.48% fill factor, and time-resolving capability of ~295-ps, was fabricated in a 150-nm CMOS standard technology. At high photon flux densities, the pixel output is saturated when operating in photon-counting mode, thus limiting the DR of this imager. This limitation can be overcome by exploiting the distribution of photon arrival times in each pixel, which shows an exponential behavior with a decay rate dependent on the photon flux level. By fitting the histogram curve with the exponential decay function, the extracted time constant is used to estimate the photon count. This approach achieves 138.7-dB dynamic range within 30-ms of integration time, and can be further extended by using a timestamping mechanism with a higher resolution.

Photon counting camera for the NASA deep space optical communication demonstration on the PSYCHE mission.

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Buck ◽  
Gregory D. Allen ◽  
Erik K. Duerr ◽  
K. Alexander McIntosh ◽  
Shawn Moynihan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Communication ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Deep Space ◽  
Space Optical Communication

scholarly journals High Dynamic Range Externally Time-Gated Photon Counting Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (23) ◽  
pp. 5899-5906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Li ◽  
Guangwei Deng ◽  
Ruiming Zhang ◽  
Zhonghua Ou ◽  
Heng Zhou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
High Dynamic Range ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
High Dynamic ◽  
Optical Time

High-dynamic-range interferometric bragg-cell spectrum analyser

1986 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
J. Mellis ◽  
G.R. Adams ◽  
K.D. Ward
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Range ◽  
High Dynamic Range ◽  
Spectrum Analyser ◽  
High Dynamic
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