高速光探测器频率响应的精确表征

提出一种新的基于分布布拉格反射可调激光器的光外差频率响应测试系统,并给出了准确有效的校准方法来消除输出光功率和拍频线宽的波动等引起的误差,从而可以精确表征高速光探测器的频率响应特性.通过对标准高速光探测器的测试和校准,得到的结果与制造商提供的数据表相当符合,证明了该测试方法的准确性和有效性.文中也研究了系统中可能会影响频响特性测量的其他因素,如光源的边模抑制比、波长调谐速度等.     

高速光探测器频率响应的精确表征

提出一种新的基于分布布拉格反射可调激光器的光外差频率响应测试系统,并给出了准确有效的校准方法来消除输出光功率和拍频线宽的波动等引起的误差,从而可以精确表征高速光探测器的频率响应特性.通过对标准高速光探测器的测试和校准,得到的结果与制造商提供的数据表相当符合,证明了该测试方法的准确性和有效性.文中也研究了系统中可能会影响频响特性测量的其他因素,如光源的边模抑制比、波长调谐速度等.     

光探测器芯片的高频特性测量

为了克服用共面探针测量光探测器芯片的高频特性对电极结构的限制．提出了一种精确测量光探测器芯片的阻抗和频率响应的新方法。对于任意电极结构的探测器芯片，首先把芯片与测试夹具连接，通过一系列的校准和测量，可以得到夹具的S参数，进而利用微波理论扣除整个测试夹具的影响，得到探测器芯片的S参数，计算出光探测器的阻抗和频率响应特性。用该方法对P极和N极共面的光探测器芯片的阻抗和频率响应特性进行了测量，并与直接用微波探针测量的结果相比较，验证了该方法在50MHz～16GHz的频率范围内的正确性。     

流图法在光探测器芯片高频特性测量校准上的应用

在采用光调制法测量光探测器芯片高频响应特性的过程中,测试系统往往忽视光调制器响应、高频探针衰减以及端口间失配等误差中的一项或几项.为了降低校准不完善对结果造成的误差,文中提出了基于信号流图的系统校准分析方法,考虑了各种频响误差及端口间失配的影响,推导出校准公式.利用该法对一种光探测器的典型测试系统--基于LCA(lightwave component analyzer)的测试系统做了进一步校准分析,在130MHz～20GHz范围内,测量了一种新型光探测器的高频响应参数S21,结果表明经流图法校准的S21参数比仅使用原有校准算法有明显改善,证明了该方法的可行性.     

流图法在光探测器芯片高频特性测量校准上的应用

在采用光调制法测量光探测器芯片高频响应特性的过程中,测试系统往往忽视光调制器响应、高频探针衰减以及端口间失配等误差中的一项或几项.为了降低校准不完善对结果造成的误差,文中提出了基于信号流图的系统校准分析方法,考虑了各种频响误差及端口间失配的影响,推导出校准公式.利用该法对一种光探测器的典型测试系统--基于LCA(lightwave component analyzer)的测试系统做了进一步校准分析,在130MHz～20GHz范围内,测量了一种新型光探测器的高频响应参数S21,结果表明经流图法校准的S21参数比仅使用原有校准算法有明显改善,证明了该方法的可行性.     

光探测器芯片小信号等效电路模型的建立

提出了一种光探测器芯片小信号等效电路模型及其建立方法.首先根据光探测器的物理结构确定其等效电路模型,模型考虑了影响光探测器高频性能的主要因素.然后精确测量了光探测器芯片的S参数,通过遗传算法对测量的S参数进行拟合,最终计算出模型的各个参量.在130MHz～20GHz范围内的实验结果表明,模型仿真结果与测量结果相吻合,证明了建模方法的可靠性.该模型有效地模拟了光探测器芯片的高频特性,利用该模型可以对光探测器及相应光电集成器件进行电路级仿真和优化.     

光外差宽带频率响应的测量

本文介绍了一种利用光外差技术测量光电探测器超宽带频率响应的方法,讨论了测量系统所应满足的测试条件,给出了利用CO_2激光器组成的测量系统对HgCdTe光电二极管频率响应的测量结果,并对此测量方法的独特之处进行了分析讨论。     

一种改进光探测器高速性能的新方法

研究了一种在光探测器的结构设计中加入平面螺旋电感从而提高光探测器高速性能的新方法。对影响探测器频率响应的因素进行分析,结果表明,增加电感值可以减小结电容对高速性能的限制,仿真结果也得到同样的结论。根据理论分析结果制作出探测器并进行测量,测量数据显示,未加电感的光探测器高速性能只能达到2GHz,而加电感的光探测器高速性能最大,可以达到5GHz,证明了电感值的增加可以明显提高器件的高速性能,得到了与理论分析一致的结果。     

电吸收调制激光器集成芯片的高频测试

提出了一种精确测试电吸收调制激光器(EML)集成芯片高频特性的方法。待测芯片制作在带有微带线的热沉上,同时采用光探测器作为光电转换器,二者构成待测双口网络。被测双口网络的一端是共面线,使用微波探针作为测试夹具加载信号,另一端是同轴线,两个测试端口不同,不能采用简单的同轴校准方法校准待测系统。测试过程中采用扩展的开路-短路-负载(OSL)误差校准技术对集成器件的测试夹具微波探针进行校准,扣除了测试中使用的微波探针对集成光源高频特性的影响,同时采用光外差的方法扣除了高速光探测器的频率响应对结果的影响,得到集成光源散射参数的精确测试结果。     

光折变自适应光外差探测的实验研究

利用国产光折变晶体构成一个自适应光外差的实验系统，观察到中频外差输出，并给出了系统的探测灵敏度、自准直性以及接收视场等特性的实验结果。     

Comparison of fast photodetector response measurements by opticalheterodyne and pulse response techniques

Characterization of high-speed photodetectors by optical heterodyne and pulse response techniques is reported, and the results are compared. Scalar deconvolution was used to obtain photodetector response from the pulse response measurements with effects of the measurement apparatus removed. Linearity of the detector response is verified, validating comparison in the frequency domain using a Fourier transform of the pulse response data. The comparison is limited to the magnitude of the transfer function in the frequency domain, since the optical heterodyne technique does not give phase information. Both sets of results are corrected for the effects of their respective measurement systems. After these corrections, close agreement between results obtained by using the two techniques was found     

8.4--A 3.39-micron infrared optical heterodyne communication system

An optical heterodyne communication system is described which employs a separate stable laser local oscillator at the receiver. The theoretical advantage of quantum-limited reception has been realized, demonstrating an improvement in receiver sensitivity of more than 40 dB over that of a conventional photodetector receiver. The fundamental sources of noise in the system are identified as laser oscillator frequency noise, atmospheric phase noise, atmospheric amplitude noise, and quantum noise. The quantitative characteristics of these noise sources are analyzed as they influence the operation of AM and FM laser communications.     

谐振腔增强型光探测器的高速响应性能研究

高速长波长光探测器是高速光纤通信系统和网络的关键器件，它要求光探测器具有宽的频率响应带宽和高量子效率。常用的PIN光探测器由于量子效率和高速性能均受到吸收层厚度的牵制，使得二者相互制约，成为一对矛盾。谐振腔增强型(RCE)光探测器为这一矛盾的解决提供了有效的方案。基于谐振腔增强型光探测器的实际设计和制作模型，分析了器件吸收层中的光场分布，并将其运用于载流子的连续方程，从理论上详细地分析了器件的高速响应特性，给出了计算结果。针对研制的高速长波长谐振腔增强型光探测器，进行了理论分析和实际器件测试的结果比较，得到了比较一致的结果。     

Integrated 460 GHz photonic transmitter module

A photonic sub-millimetre (sub-mm) wave transmitter module has been developed and fabricated. The module consists of a 1.55 μm waveguide InP photodetector monolithically integrated with a planar full wave slot antenna and passive lowpass filter for DC bias supply. For the first time, optical heterodyne 460 GHz sub-mm signal generation is demonstrated It is further shown that the module can effectively replace the classical solid-state oscillator of an astronomical superconductor-insulator-superconductor heterodyne receiver The module generates sufficient sub-mm wave power to operate the receiver under optimum conditions     

Design and simulation of a novel CMOS superimposed photodetector

A novel superimposed photodetector(PD)is put forward.The photodetector can obtain a couple of differential photocur-rent signals from one input optical signal.The light injection efficiency and the vertical work distance of this new photode-tector are much higher than those of the others.The superimposed photodetctor is designed based on the standard 0.18μm CMOS process.The responsivity,bandwidth and transient response of the photodetector are simulated by a commercial simulation software of ATLAS.The responsivities of two obtained photocurrent signals are 0.035 A/W and 0.034 A/W,while the bandwidths are 3.8 GHz and 5.2 GHz,respectively.A full differential optical receiver which uses the superim-posed photodetector as input is simulated.The frequency response and 4 Gbit/s eye diagram of the optical receiver are also obtained.The results show that the two output signals can be used as the differential signal.     

Spectral analysis of optical mixing measurements

A general rigorous theory of optical heterodyne and homodyne measurements is presented. The power spectrum of the photocurrent resulting from two uncorrelated optical beams mixing on a photodetector is derived. In particular, a rigorous analysis is presented for the delayed self-homodyne method which is used to characterize laser source linewidth by a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a delay exceeding the source coherence length. Existing treatments are generalized to address non-Lorentzian laser sources of arbitrary lineshape. The analysis is further generalized to cover the case of modulated nonstationary sources. An example of the application of this theory is given. It is shown how the theory may be used to interpret an experimental result obtained using the gated delayed self-homodyne technique for characterizing the frequency chirp of laser sources under modulation     

Si基单片集成850nm光接收芯片研究

设计并制备了一种Si基单片集成850nm光接收芯片,包括"P+/N-EPI/BN+"结构的光电探测器(PD)、跨阻前置放大电路及其后续处理电路。分析了PD的结构,并对其光谱响应及频率响应进行模拟,在2.0V偏压下,PD在850nm的响应度为0.131A/W,截止频率为400 MHz。采用0.5μm BCD(bipolar、CMOS和DMOS)工艺流片,光接收芯片面积约为900μm×1 100μm。测试结果表明,PD暗电流为pA量级,响应度为0.12A/W。光接收芯片在155 Mb/s速率及误码率(BER)小于10-9情况下,灵敏度为-12.0dBm;在622 Mb/s速率及BER小于10-9情况下,灵敏度为-10.0dBm,并能得到清晰的眼图。将该光接收芯片封装后接入光接收模块,进行点对点光互联实验,获得很好的光信号通路。     

Wideband frequency-response measurement of optical receivers usingoptical heterodyne detection

Measurements have been carried out using 1.3-μm distributed-feedback laser diodes (DFB-LDs). The frequency difference of the LDs is continuously varied with temperature changes of a few degrees and the spectral linewidth of one of the LDs is narrowed by optical feedback using a grating. Wideband, highly sensitive measurement has been achieved for a p-i-n photodiode and a Ge avalanche photodiode from DC to 20 GHz. The result is compared with that of the pulse spectrum analysis (PSA) method. Although the finite pulsewidth in the PSA method causes roll-off in the frequency response, the optical heterodyne method has the advantage for very wideband frequency response measurement. The S/N ratio in the optical heterodyne method can be made as high (~40 dB) as that of the PSA method by narrowing the spectral linewidth of DFB-LDs     

Loop-Back Optical Heterodyne Technique for 1.0-Gb/s Data Transmission Over 60-GHz Radio-On-Fiber Uplink

An optical-heterodyne-detection method for a 60-GHz radio-on-fiber uplink is proposed and verified in this paper. The main point of this proposal is that all the functions needed for the optical heterodyne detection, i.e., the local/carrier light sources, the automatic frequency control of these light sources, and a polarization-diversity-detection circuit, are consolidated in one transmitting-side module to realize a simple system configuration. This proposal realizes an adequate optical uplink budget with low-cost optical receivers that consist of just one IF-band photodetector and one envelope detector. A 1.0-Gb/s transmission experiment over 10 km of single-mode fiber, which represents access-network transmission, is demonstrated using a 61.0-GHz amplitude-shift-keying signal as a 60 GHz-band uplink signal. A BER of less than 10-9 was obtained at an uplink SSB signal power of -40 dBm regardless of the polarization state of the optical uplink signal, and no significant dispersion-induced degradation was noted.