• DocumentCode
    1620547
  • Title

    Figure of merit for high-power, high-speed photodetectors

  • Author

    Lin, L.Y. ; Wu, M.C. ; Itoh, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    40
  • Lastpage
    41
  • Abstract
    Saturation photocurrents of 56 mA has been achieved for velocity matched distributed photodetectors (VMDPs) with 49-GHz bandwidth. Theoretical calculation shows that saturation photocurrent greater than 100 mA can be achieved. In summary, we have reported the theoretical analysis and proposed the figure of merit (FOM) for high-power, high-speed photodetectors. The theoretical and experimental results show that the VMDP can achieve high saturation power and broad bandwidth
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; optical communication equipment; optical saturation; photodetectors; 100 mA; 49 GHz; 56 mA; GHz bandwidth; broad bandwidth; figure of merit; high-power high-speed photodetectors; saturation photocurrent; saturation power; velocity matched distributed photodetectors; Bandwidth; Detectors; Electrons; Magneto electrical resistivity imaging technique; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Surface resistance; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dallas, TX
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-480-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1997.719672
  • Filename
    719672