The growing demand for wireless communications services means that RF systems are increasingly unable to support user’s requirement. Consequently, there is a growing interest in using visible light communication (VLC), including interest in sensitive VLC receivers. Since they have the potential to detect single photons, silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) could potentially be used to create the most sensitive possible VLC receivers. In this paper, results of experiments to determine the optimum bias voltage and dynamic range of an off-the-shelf SiPM are reported. Results are then presented which show that in 500 lux of ambient light this receiver supports data rates of more than 2 Gbps with a bit-error-rate (BER) of 10−3.

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基于 SiPM 的 VLC 接收器，用于使用 OOK 调制的千兆通信

对无线通信服务不断增长的需求意味着射频系统越来越无法支持用户的需求。因此，人们对使用可见光通信 (VLC) 的兴趣与日俱增，包括对敏感的 VLC 接收器的兴趣。由于它们具有检测单光子的潜力，因此硅光电倍增管 (SiPM) 有可能用于创建最灵敏的 VLC 接收器。在本文中，报告了确定现成 SiPM 的最佳偏置电压和动态范围的实验结果。然后呈现的结果表明，在 500 勒克斯环境光下，该接收器支持超过 2 Gbps 的数据速率，误码率 (BER) 为 10-3。