Design of GaAs MMIC tuned front-end optical receivers for use in lightwave subcarrier multiplex systems

S. D. Greaves; Rodney T. Unwin

doi:10.1117/12.161528

4 November 1993 Design of GaAs MMIC tuned front-end optical receivers for use in lightwave subcarrier multiplex systems

S. D. Greaves, Rodney T. Unwin

Proceedings Volume 1974, Transport Technologies for Broadband Optical Access Networks; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161528
Event: Video Communications and Fiber Optic Networks, 1993, Berlin, Germany

Abstract

Much interest is currently being shown in the design of very low noise tuned front-end optical receivers for use in lightwave subcarrier multiplex (SCM) systems. This paper is concerned with the design and realization of such receivers using GaAs MMIC technology. The use of such technology, while desirable as it enables close control to be exercised over tuning element values, does complicate the design process, as well as imposing certain constraints upon noise performance of the amplifier. It is these areas that this paper addresses. Here a generalized design approach is presented which is then applied to the design and analysis of a 6 GHz parallel tuned front-end receiver to be realized using the GEC/Marconi F20 foundry process.

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S. D. Greaves and Rodney T. Unwin "Design of GaAs MMIC tuned front-end optical receivers for use in lightwave subcarrier multiplex systems", Proc. SPIE 1974, Transport Technologies for Broadband Optical Access Networks, (4 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.161528

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