DocumentCode
1569720
Title
Three-tone characterization of high-linearity waveguide uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes
Author
Ramaswamy, Anand ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Nunoya, Nobuhiro ; Johansson, Leif A. ; Coldren, Larry A. ; Bowers, John E.
Author_Institution
ECE Dept., Univ. of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
fYear
2008
Firstpage
286
Lastpage
287
Abstract
The IMD3 of waveguide UTC photodiodes are characterized using a three-tone technique that is independent of harmonics from the optical sources. At 1 GHz, an OIP3 of 46.2 dBm at 60 mA of photocurrent is measured.
Keywords
intermodulation distortion; optical waveguides; photoconductivity; photodiodes; IMD3; OIP3; current 60 mA; frequency 1 GHz; high-linearity waveguide uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes; photocurrent; third-order intermodulation distortion; three-tone characterization; Distortion measurement; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; 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.2008.4688602
Filename
4688602
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