Silicon avalanche photodiodes for low cost, high loss short wavelength radio over fiber links

Fan Yang, Michael Crisp, Ke Fang, Richard V. Penty, Ian H. White

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Abstract

An APD is shown to improve the noise figure of a lossy optical link compared to a PIN-TIA combination of equivalent gain. Transmission of IEEE 802.11g WLAN signals is demonstrated with 18dB optical link loss.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2009
PublisherOptical Society of America
ISBN (Print)9781557528698
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2009
EventInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2009 - Baltimore, MD, USA United States
Duration: 31 May 20095 Jun 2009

Conference

ConferenceInternational Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2009
Country/TerritoryUSA United States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period31/05/095/06/09

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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