• DocumentCode
    883544
  • Title

    Noise performance of optical receivers: comparison of directional coupler and resistive feedback based front ends

  • Author

    Korhonen, T. ; Sharma, Abhishek B.

  • Author_Institution
    Div. of Telecommun., Asian Inst. of Technol., Bangkok, Thailand
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1992
  • Firstpage
    446
  • Lastpage
    447
  • Abstract
    Noise properties of a directional-coupler-based optical receiver (DCOR) and the resistive-feedback optical receiver (RFOR) topologies are compared. For the DCOR the authors have both simulated and subsequently measured an input equivalent noise current of 3 pA/ square root (Hz) for a bandwidth of up to 2.5 GHz. By using the same noise modelling approach the simulation results for the RFOR topology gave a noise current of 10 pA/ square root (Hz) over the same bandwidth thus verifying the superiority of the DCOR over the resistive feedback optical receiver.
  • Keywords
    electron device noise; optical communication equipment; receivers; 2.5 GHz; bandwidth; directional-coupler-based optical receiver; input equivalent noise current; noise modelling; noise performance; optical receivers; resistive-feedback optical receiver;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19920281
  • Filename
    126427
    • Link To Document
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