—The impact of the type of implementation is considered on the IR-UWB channel capacity. This study is lead for analog and mostly digital implementation. Key parameters and theirs impacts on the channel capacity are exposed in each case: data converters for mostly digital implementations and pulse generators capabilities for analog implementations. These two implementations are compared from a d...

We report test results for a single pixel antenna-coupled bolometric detector. Our device consists of a dual slot microstrip antenna coupled to an Al/Ti/Au voltage-biased transition edge superconducting bolometer (TES). The coupling architecture involves propagating the signal along superconducting microstrip lines and terminating the lines at a normal metal resistor colocated with a TES on a t...

The main wideband amplifier candidates for use in submarine systems are hybrid DRA/EDFA and C+L band EDFAs. We explore the relative merits of the two technologies and demonstrate through simulations that the hybrid approach is advantageous for most systems. Introduction Submarine systems have enjoyed the tremendous advances in coherent transmission brought about by high speed DSP technology ove...

This is the first annual report on a project to achieve a linear amplifier capable of an output power of 100 W with over 60% efficiency, and over a multi-octave frequency range covering X-band. Field effect transistors are being employed, including AlGaN/GaN MODFET's and GaN vertical current flow static induction transistor (SIT's). These devices are capable of an order of magnitude more operat...

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