Title : 
MMIC front-ends for optical communication systems
         
        
            Author : 
Petersen, Anders K.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Center for Broadband Telecommun., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Two different types of optical front-end MMIC amplifiers for a 2.5-Gb/s coherent heterodyne optical receiver are presented. A bandwidth of 6-12 GHz has been obtained for a tuned front-end and 3-13 GHz for a distributed front-end. An input noise current density of 5-15 pA/√Hz has been obtained for the GaAs MESFET tuned front-end
         
        
            Keywords : 
MESFET integrated circuits; MMIC amplifiers; demodulation; frequency shift keying; integrated optoelectronics; optical receivers; 2.5 Gbit/s; 3 to 13 GHz; 6 to 12 GHz; CP-FSK; GaAs; III-V semiconductor; MESFET tuned front-end; coherent heterodyne optical receiver; distributed front-end; optical communication systems; optical front-end MMIC amplifiers; Bandwidth; Current density; MMICs; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1993. Proceedings., Sixth Annual IEEE International
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rochester, NY
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-1375-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ASIC.1993.410765