Design, Analysis and Simulation of Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (Oeics) and Subsystems
Morikuni, James Jiro
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Title
Design, Analysis and Simulation of Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits (Oeics) and Subsystems
Author(s)
Morikuni, James Jiro
Issue Date
1994
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Kang, S.M.
Department of Study
Electrical Engineering
Discipline
Electrical Engineering
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Engineering, Electronics and Electrical
Abstract
Over the past several decades, the field of optoelectronics has grown from a few laboratory experiments into an entire industry; in particular, because of the superior transmission characteristics of optical fiber, optical communications has become a field of its own. While its most easily recognized application is long-distance fiber-optic telecommunications, the concept of optical communications has been applied on smaller scales as well, including computer-to-computer optical networks, board-to-board optical buses or backplanes, and even chip-to-chip or gate-to-gate optical interconnections. Regardless of the application, however, every optoelectronic communication system consists of three components: the transmitter, the transmission medium and the receiver.
This thesis addresses issues involved in the design of components for short-distance optical interconnections at the network level and below. While optical fiber and/or optical waveguides have become the medium of choice for optical transmission, the optimum choice of transmitter and receiver is not as clear. There is currently a large gap between optoelectronic device research and optoelectronic systems research. This thesis bridges that gap by considering the transmitter and receiver subsystems not only from a circuit/component perspective, but from the device and system levels as well. Although the loss minimum of optical fiber is at 1.55 $\mu$m, because of the short distances involved, the subsystems presented in this thesis utilize 850 nm, GaAs-based devices.
The photoreceiver and transmitter subsystems are discussed in great detail, not only at the design level, but from a systems perspective as well. This thesis presents various optoelectronic device and circuit technologies and then evaluates their implications on system-level performance. Also addressed in this work are the topics of photoreceiver and laser noise. While a vertically integrated circuit- and system-level CAD environment is presented for the modeling and simulation of laser diodes and laser noise, an improved theory is presented for the modeling of photoreceiver noise.
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