High-power and high-speed waveguide uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes for microwave photonics applications

Author

Klamkin, Jonathan ; Madison, Shannon M. ; Oakley, Douglas C. ; Napoleone, Antonio ; Donnell, Frederick J O ; Sheehan, Michael ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Caissie, Janice M. ; Plant, Jason J. ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-10 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Uni-traveling-carrier waveguide photodiodes (PDs) with variable optical confinement mode size transformers are demonstrated. For these waveguide PDs, the optical mode is large at the input for minimal front-end saturation. The mode transforms as the light propagates so that the absorption profile is optimized for both high-power and high-speed performance.

Keywords

light propagation; microwave photonics; optical saturable absorption; optical waveguides; photodiodes; absorption profile; front-end saturation; high-power high-speed waveguide unitraveling-carrier photodiodes; light propagation; microwave photonics; variable optical confinement mode size transformers; Frequency measurement; Optical distortion; Optical saturation; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Power measurement; RNA; Microwave photonics; mode size converter; photodiodes; saturation current; third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3); third-order output intercept point (OIP3);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest (MTT), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-754-2

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2011.5972782

Filename

5972782