Title :
Pulse mode characterization of high-power modified uni-traveling carrier photodiodes
Author :
Fu, Yang ; Li, Zhi ; Beling, Andreas ; Campbell, Joe ; Taylor, Jennifer ; Jiang, Haifeng ; Quinlan, Frank ; Fortier, Tara ; Diddams, Scott
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
We report modified uni-traveling carrier (MUTC) photodiodes with high power (22V peak RF amplitude and 18.7 dBm of 10 GHz RF power) and high phase linearity (AM-to-PM conversion factor of 0.3 [rad/(ΔP/P)]) in pulse mode operation.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; photodiodes; frequency 10 GHz; voltage 22 V; Linearity; Microwave photonics; Optical filters; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Radio frequency; microwave photonics; phase distortion; photodiodes; pulse generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110537
