Receiver with optical thyristors operating at 155 Mbit/s with 3 femto-Joule optical inputs
- 10 February 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 70 (6), 750-752
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.118269
Abstract
A receiver for digital optical inputs is presented which is based on a differential pair of optical thyristors. Modification of the conventional differential pair allows the electrical readout of its ON and OFF states. Optical input pulses with an energy of about 3 femto-Joule (at a wavelength of 830 nm) are sufficiently large for detection. In its present size, the receiver works up to 155 Mbit/s.Keywords
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