• DocumentCode
    1569752
  • Title

    High-power and high-linearity photodiodes

  • Author

    Williams, Keith J. ; Tulchinsky, David A. ; Hastings, Alex

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Technol. Branch, Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    290
  • Lastpage
    291
  • Abstract
    Recent progress in high current photodiodes now makes it possible to linearly detect over 250 mA at frequencies into X Band. This paper will discuss recent improvements in both PD power and linearity.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microwave photonics; photodiodes; InGaAs; X band frequency range; current 250 mA; high-current photodiodes; high-linearity photodiodes; high-power photodiodes; Photodiodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2008. LEOS 2008. 21st Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Acapulco
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1931-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1932-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2008.4688604
  • Filename
    4688604