MEMS-tunable 10 Gb/s APD receiver for broadcast and select CATV networks

A 10 Gb/s receiver combining a MEMS-tunable optical filter and avalanche photodiode in a common butterfly provides tuning over 5 THz with -26 dBm receiver sensitivity and /spl plusmn/5 GHz wavelength control, to enable dynamic provisioning for broadcast and select CATV networks.

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