Title :
High Power Photodetectors for Space Communications Applications
Author :
Mysoor, N.R. ; Vang, T.A. ; Forouhar, S. ; Lin, L.Y. ; Wu, M.C.
Author_Institution :
California Institute of Technology
Abstract :
High power photodetectors in coplanar waveguide and distributed traveling-wave structures have been under development for communications applications. The distributed photodetectors demonstrated 70% efficiency with a linear response upto 25 mW of optical power input.
Keywords :
Coplanar waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Flat Panel Display Technology/Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure/ICs for New Age Lightwave Communications/RF Optoelectronics, 1995 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Keystone, CO, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2448-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.1995.764175
