Third-order intermodulation distortion characterization of variable confinement slab-coupled optical waveguide photodiodes

Author

Madison, Shannon M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Oakley, Douglas C. ; Napoleone, Antonio ; O´Donnell, Frederick J. ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Yegnanarayanan, Sivasubramaniam ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2011

fDate

9-13 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

24

Abstract

We report two-tone third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) characterization of a uni-traveling-carrier waveguide photodiode which uses a horizontal taper mode size transformer to vary the optical confinement with length. Fixed confinement waveguide photodiodes are also characterized.

Keywords

III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; intermodulation distortion; optical waveguides; photodiodes; InP-InGaAs-InGaAsP-InGaAsP-InP; horizontal taper mode size transformer; slab-coupled optical waveguide photodiodes; two-tone third-order intermodulation distortion; unitraveling-carrier waveguide photodiode; variable optical confinement; Linearity; Optical distortion; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Voltage measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Arlington, VA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8940-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PHO.2011.6110406

Filename

6110406