简介:Transmissionperformanceofelectroabsorptionmodulatorin10Gb/stransmissionsystemshasbeensimulatedandanalyzedundertheconditionoftakingintoaccountthechirp,extinctionratio,transmissivityandrise/falltime.ResultsshowthatshorttransmissiondistancewithoutEDFAafterEAMcanbeusedinfuturemetropolitanareanetwork,butthetransmissivitymustbecarefullyconsidered.Thesamplingtimerangeanddecisionlevelcanbeoptimizedtoreducethebiterrorratio.
简介:Inrecentyears,thepotentialofrenewablegreenenergysourceshasbeenextensivelystudied.Theproventechnologywhichisphotovoltaicsolarcellsstrictlydependsondaylightandproduceslow-efficiently.Toovercometherestrictions,onetechnologystudiedisthroughharvestingthethermalradiationenergywhichcanprovidea24-hourenergysource.Thecontinuityofenergysourcespromisesverygoodenergyconversionespeciallyformilitaryapplications.Thisarticlepresentsanewstructurethatcanharvesttheabundantthermalradiationenergyintousableenergyatthewavelengthof10μm.Arectangularstructurewithaperturbationslitwasdesignedtointegratewitharectifiercircuitforgreenenergyconversion.Theslittunneljunctionguidedtheelectromagneticfieldintoajunctionwheretheenergycouldbecollectedandconverted.Anenhancementfactorofapproximately110.6canbeachievedbyaperturbationslitlengthof1.0μm.Theresultsextractedfromtheproposeddesignpromiseabettercandidatetoovercomethedisadvantagesofphotovoltaicsolarcellsforenergyharvestingdevices.