Title :
20 GHz broadband optical receiver using a distributed amplifier and pin photodiode combination with a matched input termination
Author :
Liang, Jia Yi ; Aitchison, C.S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Brunel Univ., Uxbridge, UK
fDate :
5/9/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel high speed photodetector-amplifier combination has been fabricated by using a distributed amplifier and pin photodiode. The experimental results show that a 3 dB bandwidth of 20 GHz with 13 dB gain was achieved with measured input equivalent noise current around 20 pA/(Hz)½ in a band from 2 to 18 GHz
Keywords :
distributed amplifiers; high-speed optical techniques; impedance matching; optical noise; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; wideband amplifiers; 13 dB; 2 to 18 GHz; 20 GHz; broadband optical receiver; distributed amplifier; equivalent noise current; high speed photodetector; matched input termination; pin photodiode;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960595
