A slicon differential receiver with zero biased balanced detection for access networks

M. Aamer, N. Sotiropoulos, A. Brimont, J.M. Fedeli, D. Marris-Morini, E. Cassan, L. Vivien, K. Ribaud, P. Grosse, J. M. Hartmann, D. Vermeulen, G. Roelkens, P. Sanchis, A. Hakansson

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Abstract

We present an optimized differential receiver in silicon with a minimized footprint and balanced zero-biased Ge photodiodes. The receiver integrates a delay-line with a 2×4 multimode interferometer 90° hybrid and two balanced photodiodes for differential quadrature phase-shift keying demodulation. Two receivers are tested, for 10 and 20 Gb/s operation, and well opened eye-diagrams and symbol constellations are obtained with error vector magnitude values as low as 12.5% and 19.57%, respectively. The results confirm the potential of integrated silicon receivers to become key building blocks for future passive optical access networks based on advanced modulation formats.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1207-1210
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume25
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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