High performance monolithically integrated InP photoreceivers

Abstract
Monolithically integrated photoreceivers, which combine InGaAs photodetectors with field-effect- or heterojunction bipolar-transistor preamplifiers on InP substrates achieve high speed and high sensitivities up to the 1 to 10 Gb/s range. They are rapidly becoming the receivers of choice for high performance fiber optical communication at gigabit-rates in the 1.3 to 1.6 micrometer wavelengths range.