Demonstration of a Low Cost, High-Speed Fiber Optic Transceiver

Abstract

A high-speed serial optical link suitable for a range of commercial and military short-haul applications, operating over a distance of up to 300 meters was developed. At the heart of the link lie a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) diode transmit and a gallium arsenide (GaAs) photo detector, driven and amplified by custom-designed GaAs integrated circuits. The transmit or receiver is individually hermetically sealed in a metal-ceramic surface-mounted package with a multimode fiber pigtail aligned to the laser or photodiode respectively. The transmitter and receiver are nearly identical externally and each is less than 0.2 cm in volume. The link is capable of> 10 gigabit per second operation, independent of signaling protocol and can transmit over distances of up to 300 meters on high-bandwidth multimode fiber.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA407865

Entities

People

  • Gert K. Hohenwarter
  • Grant R. Emmel
  • Michael P. Nesnidal
  • Robert A. Marsland
  • Terri L. Dooley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Analyzers
  • Control Systems
  • Detectors
  • Electronics Industry
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Gallium Arsenides
  • Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Laser Diodes
  • Lasers
  • Metal-Semiconductor Junctions
  • Modules (Electronics)
  • Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits
  • Optoelectronic Devices
  • Semiconductors
  • Surface Emitting Lasers
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics