NASA NTRS · 19830000734
Efficient Coding for Optical Communication
Abstract
Possibility of using photon counting, rather than conventional linear amplification, for optical communications discussed. Study suggests combination of pulse-position modulation and Reed-Solomon coding gives signaling efficiency of 3 to 4 bits/photon.
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Mceliece, R. J.. 1984-12-01. Efficient Coding for Optical Communication. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19830000734
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