• DocumentCode
    963274
  • Title

    High-sensitivity 10 Gbit/s optical receiver with superlattice APD

  • Author

    Ishikawa, Hiroshi ; Watanabe, Issei ; Suzaki, T. ; Tsuji, Mineo ; Sugou, S. ; Makita, Kikuo ; Taguchi, Katsuhisa

  • Author_Institution
    Optoelectron. Res. Lab., NEC Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    21
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    1874
  • Lastpage
    1876
  • Abstract
    A high-sensitivity optical receiver has been developed with a low-noise, large gain-bandwidth product superlattice APD. Minimising the front-end circuit noise has realised the highest receiver sensitivity of -27.6 dBm at 10 Gbit/s operation ever reported for the APD receivers.
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; digital communication systems; optical receivers; 10 Gbit/s; front-end circuit noise; high-sensitivity; optical receiver; superlattice APD;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19931248
  • Filename
    241394