Single MMIC transmitter module for four channel optical subcarrier multiplexed communications applications

We present the first compact single monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) transmitter module for four channel optical subcarrier multiplexed (OSCM) communication applications. This is the first fully monolithic IC transmitter module for OSCM applications. We present the module design and bit-error-rate (BER) performance. This work addresses the problems of complexity and cost in multichannel OSCM communications links by leveraging low cost commercial GaAs MMIC technology.