Title :
Method for performance analysis and optimization of APD optical receivers operating under dynamic reverse bias
Author :
El-Howayek, G. ; Hayat, Majeed M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
We report a method for performance optimization of optical receivers using avalanche photodiodes operating under dynamic reverse bias, a novel theory developed to improve APD performance.
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; optical receivers; photodetectors; APD optical receivers; avalanche photodiodes; dynamic reverse bias; optimization; performance analysis; Avalanche photodiodes; Bit error rate; Impact ionization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656587
