TY - CPAPER T1 - On the Suitability of Employing Silicon Photomultipliers for Underwater Wireless Optical Communication Links A1 - Hamza,Tasnim A1 - Khalighi,Mohammad-Ali A1 - Bourennane,Salah A1 - Leon,Pierre A1 - Opderbecke,Jan AD - Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, Inst Fresnel, Cent Marseille, Marseille, France. AD - IFREMER Res Inst, La Seyne Sur Mer, France. UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/CSNDSP.2016.7573950 DO - 10.1109/CSNDSP.2016.7573950 KW - Underwater wireless optical communications KW - photo detection KW - Silicon photomultiplier KW - multi-pixel photon counter KW - single-photon avalanche diode N2 - We investigate the use of Silicon photomultipliers (SiPMs) for signal detection in underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) systems. We present an analytical photon counting model for the SiPM and clarify the related noise sources. Then, for a typical UWOC link, we compare the link performance for the two cases of using an SiPM and an avalanche photo-diode, and show to which extent the link span can be increased for the case of an SiPM-based receiver. The results we present testify the practical interest and the feasibility of employing SiPMs in the UWOC context. Y1 - 2016 CY - 10th International Symposium on Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC, JUL 20-23, 2016 SO - Communication Systems, Networks and Digital Signal Processing (CSNDSP), 2016 10th International Symposium on. pp.1-5 ID - 47035 ER -