Title :
Modeling nonlinearity in a partially depleted absorber photodetector and a modified uni-traveling carrier photodetector
Author :
Yue Hu ; Menyuk, Curtis R. ; Hutchinson, Meredith ; Urick, Vincent J. ; Williams, Keith J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We investigate the sources of nonlinearity in a partially depleted absorber (PDA) photodetector and a modified uni-traveling-carrier (MUTC) photodetector. The Franz-Keldysh effect and impact ionization are the two most important sources of nonlinearity.
Keywords :
impact ionisation; nonlinear optics; photodetectors; Franz-Keldysh effect; MUTC; PDA; impact ionization; modified unitraveling carrier photodetector; nonlinearity modelling; partially depleted absorber photodetector; Harmonic analysis; Impact ionization; Load modeling; Microwave photonics; Photodetectors; Power system harmonics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995320
