Title :
High performance 10 Gbit/s pin-FET optical receiver
Author :
Kimber, E.M. ; Hardcastle, I. ; Hadjifotiou, A.
Author_Institution :
BNR Eur. Ltd., Harlow, UK
Abstract :
An optical receiver suitable for a 10 Gbit/s direct detection optical transmission system is described. It uses a pin diode, commercial GaAs MESFETs and hybrid construction techniques on a coplanar substrate. The measured sensitivity of the receiver is -20.4 dBm, which is the best reported sensitivity at 10 Gbit/s for a pin-FET optical receiver to date.
Keywords :
Schottky gate field effect transistors; digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; p-i-n diodes; photodiodes; receivers; 10 Gbit/s; GaAs MESFETs; PIN diodes; coplanar substrate; direct detection; hybrid construction techniques; optical transmission; pin-FET optical receiver;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19920074
