Title :
Experimental characterization of integrated optical wireless components
Author :
O´Brien, Dominic C. ; Faulkner, Grahame E. ; Jim, Kalok ; Edwards, David J. ; Zyambo, Emmanuel B. ; Stavrinou, Paul ; Parry, Gareth ; Bellon, Jacques ; Sibley, Martin J. ; Samsudin, Rina J. ; Holburn, David M. ; Lalithambika, Vinod A. ; Joyner, Valencia M
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. Sci., Univ. of Oxford, UK
fDate :
4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Line of sight optical links can provide extremely high bandwidth communications between terminals, but in order to maintain alignment between transmitter and receiver, tracking is required. In this letter, we report results from a "solid-state" tracking transmitter and receiver. The transmitter consists of a custom complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuit that is flip-chip bonded to a seven-element resonant cavity light-emitting diode. The receiver uses a custom seven-element InGaAs detector array that is flip-chip bonded to a CMOS integrated circuit. Results from an initial link demonstration show overall system operation at 100 Mb/s/channel, for Manchester coded data.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; III-V semiconductors; flip-chip devices; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; light emitting diodes; optical links; optical receivers; optical transmitters; photodiodes; CMOS integrated circuit; InGaAs; InGaAs detector array; complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor; flip-chip bonding; integrated optical wireless components; optical links; receiver; resonant cavity light-emitting diode; transmitter; Bandwidth; Bonding; CMOS integrated circuits; Integrated optics; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Solid state circuits; Ultraviolet sources; Integrated optoelectronics; optical communication; optoelectronic devices;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2006.873556
