An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers
Silicon photomultiplier’s relatively large area and ability to detect single photons makes them attractive as receivers for visible light communications. However, their non-linear response has a negative impact on the receiver performance, including making them particularly sensitive to ambient ligh...
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| author | Matthews, W Collins, S |
| author_facet | Matthews, W Collins, S |
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| description | Silicon photomultiplier’s relatively large area and ability to detect single photons makes them attractive as receivers for visible light communications. However, their non-linear response has a negative impact on the receiver performance, including making them particularly sensitive to ambient light. Experiments and Monte Carlo simulations have been used to study this non-linearity. The resulting detailed understanding of the origins of the non-linear response leads to concerns over the accuracy of some previous simulations of SiPMs. In addition, it leads to simple methods to determine the maximum rate at which an SiPM can count photons and of determining the impact of a SiPMs non-linearity on its performance of a receiver. Finally, a method of determining which filters should be used to protect an SiPM from ambient light is proposed. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:00b22c67-2bf2-4913-9abb-ccd534c22c8c2024-08-19T20:03:43ZAn experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receiversJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:00b22c67-2bf2-4913-9abb-ccd534c22c8cEnglishSymplectic ElementsMDPI2022Matthews, WCollins, SSilicon photomultiplier’s relatively large area and ability to detect single photons makes them attractive as receivers for visible light communications. However, their non-linear response has a negative impact on the receiver performance, including making them particularly sensitive to ambient light. Experiments and Monte Carlo simulations have been used to study this non-linearity. The resulting detailed understanding of the origins of the non-linear response leads to concerns over the accuracy of some previous simulations of SiPMs. In addition, it leads to simple methods to determine the maximum rate at which an SiPM can count photons and of determining the impact of a SiPMs non-linearity on its performance of a receiver. Finally, a method of determining which filters should be used to protect an SiPM from ambient light is proposed. |
| spellingShingle | Matthews, W Collins, S An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title | An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title_full | An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title_fullStr | An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title_short | An experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of SiPMS in VLC receivers |
| title_sort | experimental and numerical study of the impact of ambient light of sipms in vlc receivers |
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