Nonlinear dynamics of resonant tunneling optoelectronic circuits for wireless/Optical interfaces

We report on experimental and modeling results on the nonlinear dynamics of a resonant-tunneling-diode-based (RTD) optoelectronic circuits that can be used as the basis of a wireless/optical interface for wireless access networks. The RTD-based circuits are optoelectronic integrated circuits that ha...

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Main Authors: Romeira, B., Figueiredo, J., Slight, T., Wang, L., Wasige, E., Ironside, Charlie, Kelly, A., Green, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/30643
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Summary:We report on experimental and modeling results on the nonlinear dynamics of a resonant-tunneling-diode-based (RTD) optoelectronic circuits that can be used as the basis of a wireless/optical interface for wireless access networks. The RTD-based circuits are optoelectronic integrated circuits that have negative differential resistance and act as optoelectronic voltage-controlled oscillators. These circuits display many of the features of classic nonlinear dynamics, including chaos and synchronization. These highly nonlinear oscillators behaves as injection-locked oscillators that can be synchronized by a small injection signal of either wireless or optical origin, and thus, can transfer phase encoded information from wireless to the optical domain or the optical to the wireless domain. © 2009 IEEE.