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- Seven channel wavelength demultiplexer using a tandem a:SiC-H/a:Si-H photo sensorPublication . Silva, Vítor; Barata, Manuel; Vieira, Manuel; Louro, Paula; Vieira, ManuelaThe pi'npin photo device is a tandem a: SiC-H / a: Si-H heterostructures. The device is electrically biased and can also be optically biased by ultra-violet illumination of the front or back surfaces. The front surface is also used for several pulsed single wavelength signals within the visible range. Experimental results show that the ultra-violet bias illumination at the front surface of the device enhances wavelengths longer than 500 nm while quenching the wavelengths shorter than 500 nm. The opposite happens when the bias is set at the back surface of the device; wavelengths shorter than 500 nm are enhanced while the ones above are quenched. Several digital applications have been built using the p'inpin device. This paper focuses on the use of the pi'npin device for seven channel Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) digital communication using Manchester coded signals, with a single wavelength for each channel. The seven channels form a frame with 7*256 bits with a preamble for signal intensity and synchronization purposes. Results show that the clustering of the received signal enables the successful recovery of the seven channel data using the front and back illumination of the surfaces of the pi'npin photo device.
- Five channel WDM communication using a single a:SiC-H double pin photo devicePublication . Vaz da Silva, V; Barata, Manuel; Louro, Paula; Vieira, Manuel; Vieira, ManuelaAmorphous SiC heterostructures built as a double pin device has a non linear spectral gain which is a function of the signal wavelength that impinges on its front or back surface. Illuminating the device with several single wavelength data channels in the visible spectrum allows for Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) digital communication. Using fixed ultra-violet illumination at the front or back surfaces enables the recovery of the multiplexed channels. Five channels, each using a single wavelength which is modulated by a Manchester coded signal at 12,000 bps, form a frame with 1024 bits with a preamble for signal intensity and synchronisation purposes. Results show that the clustering of the received signal enables the successful recovery of the five channel data using the front and back illumination of the surfaces of the double pin photo device. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
- A five channels SiC MUX/DEMUX device with channel separation in the visible rangePublication . Vieira, Manuela; Silva, V.; Louro, Paula; Vieira, Manuel; Barata, ManuelIn this paper we present a tandem UV/VIS/ NIR wavelength selector based on a multilayer a-SiC:H optical filter that requires appropriate ultraviolet steady states optical switches to select the desired wavelengths in the ultraviolet/visible/infrared spectral ranges. Five ultra-light communication channels are transmitted together, each one with a specific bit sequence. Results show that the background side and intensity works as a selector in the infrared, visible and ultra violet light regions, shifting the sensor sensitivity. This nonlinearity allows the identification and decoding of the different input channels. This concept is extended to implement a 1 by 5 wavelength division multiplexer with channel separation in the visible range and a transmission capability of 30 Kbps. The relationship between the optical inputs and the output signal is established and an algorithm to decode the MUX signal presented.