1. Silicon Differential Receiver With Zero-Biased Balanced Detection for Access Networks
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Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Nanofotónica - Institut Universitari de Tecnologia Nanofotònica, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Comunicaciones - Departament de Comunicacions, European Commission, Aamer, Mariam, Sotiropoulos, Nikolaos, Brimont, Antoine Christian Jacques, Fedeli, Jean-Marc, Marris-Morini, Delphine, Cassan, Eric, Vivien, Laurent, Ribaud, Karen, Grosse, Philippe, Hartmann, Jean Michel, Vermeulen, Diedrik, Roelkens, Gunther, Sanchis Kilders, Pablo, Håkansson, Ola Andreas, Universitat Politècnica de València. Instituto Universitario de Tecnología Nanofotónica - Institut Universitari de Tecnologia Nanofotònica, Universitat Politècnica de València. Departamento de Comunicaciones - Departament de Comunicacions, European Commission, Aamer, Mariam, Sotiropoulos, Nikolaos, Brimont, Antoine Christian Jacques, Fedeli, Jean-Marc, Marris-Morini, Delphine, Cassan, Eric, Vivien, Laurent, Ribaud, Karen, Grosse, Philippe, Hartmann, Jean Michel, Vermeulen, Diedrik, Roelkens, Gunther, Sanchis Kilders, Pablo, and Håkansson, Ola Andreas
- Abstract
[EN] 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. © 1989-2012 IEEE.
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- 2013