Optical Transimpedance Receiver for High Data Transmission in OFDM Modulation Format

Author

Deshours, Frederique ; Alquie, Georges ; Abib, Ghalid Idir ; Grard, Emmanuel ; Rodrigues, Victor ; Leclerc, Eric ; Kabalan, Ali ; Billabert, Anne-Laure

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electron. & Electromagn., Sorbonne Univ., Paris, France

Volume

33

Issue

10

fYear

2015

fDate

May15, 15 2015

Firstpage

2004

Lastpage

2011

Abstract

This paper presents the design and performance of a single-ended transimpedance amplifier (TIA) for gigabit passive optical networks implementing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing modulation format. The circuit is realized using an industrial GaAs integrated technology. Low power consumption and small chip area are the main challenges in the TIA design. On-wafer characterization in terms of S-parameters, noise figure, gain compression, and intermodulation are presented and compared to simulated results showing a good agreement. The TIA is linked with a broadband PIN photodiode and introduced in a radio over fiber system. The optical link is simulated in a microwave software and characterized in terms of error vector magnitude by varying the radio frequency input power and the laser bias current.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; OFDM modulation; S-parameters; gallium arsenide; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; intermodulation; microwave photonics; operational amplifiers; optical design techniques; optical links; optical noise; optical receivers; p-i-n photodiodes; passive optical networks; power consumption; radio-over-fibre; GaAs; OFDM modulation format; S-parameters; broadband PIN photodiode; error vector magnitude; gain compression; gigabit passive optical networks; high data transmission; industrial GaAs integrated technology; intermodulation; laser bias current; low power consumption; microwave software; noise figure; on-wafer characterization; optical link; optical transimpedance receiver; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; radio-over-fiber system; radiofrequency input power; single-ended TIA; small chip area; transimpedance amplifier; Current measurement; Noise; Noise measurement; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Error vector magnitude (EVM); Error vector magnitude (EVM),; MMIC transimpedance amplifier (TIA); optical receiver; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); radio over fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2015.2399976

Filename

7031395