SiGe Photo-Transistor for Low-Cost SSMF-Based Radio-Over-Fiber Applications at 850nm

Autor: Jean-Luc Polleux, Catherine Algani, Carlos Viana, Zerihun Gedeb Tegegne, Giovanni Tartarini, Jacopo Nanni
Přispěvatelé: Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna [Bologna] (UNIBO), Electronique, Systèmes de communication et Microsystèmes (ESYCOM), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM), HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM)-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-ESIEE Paris, HESAM Université - Communauté d'universités et d'établissements Hautes écoles Sorbonne Arts et métiers université (HESAM), Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers [CNAM] (CNAM)-Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEM)-ESIEE Paris, Nanni, Jacopo, Tegegne, Zerihun Gedeb, Viana, Carlo, Tartarini, Giovanni, Algani, Catherine, Polleux, Jean-Luc
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
Předmět:
Materials science
Hardware_PERFORMANCEANDRELIABILITY
02 engineering and technology
7. Clean energy
Noise (electronics)
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
020210 optoelectronics & photonics
Radio over fiber
law
Hardware_INTEGRATEDCIRCUITS
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering

Electronic engineering
Wireless
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Hetero-junction bipolar photo-transistor
radio-over-fiber
optical communication

ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS
business.industry
Bipolar junction transistor
Single-mode optical fiber
020206 networking & telecommunications
Condensed Matter Physics
Atomic and Molecular Physics
and Optics

Silicon-germanium
Photodiode
[SPI.TRON]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Electronics
chemistry
Transmission (telecommunications)
business
Zdroj: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2019, 55 (4), pp.1-9. ⟨10.1109/JQE.2019.2917209⟩
ISSN: 0018-9197
Popis: This paper investigates the possibility of implementing SiGe Hetero-junction bipolar Photo-Transistor (HPT) within low cost and low power consumption Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems based on standard single mode fiber (SSMF) operating in the first optical window for wireless communication networks scenarios. The SiGe HPT under study has potential lower cost compared to standard PIN photo-detectors as it is fabricated through the consolidated SiGe bipolar transistor process technologies, allowing the possible integration with Si-based circuits. Various operation modes of the photo-transistor (such as three-terminals and two-terminals) are investigated, analyzing their impact on the SSMF-based RoF link in terms of gain and noise (including modal noise fluctuations) for a frequency range up to 2.5 GHz. A 20 MHz LTE transmission is finally demonstrated as example of possible applications of the studied RoF link.
Databáze: OpenAIRE