• 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