Title :
Experimental investigation of power distribution in distributed balanced photodetectors
Author :
Islam, M. Saif ; Jung, Thomas ; Chau, Tai B. ; Mathai, Sagi ; Itoh, Tatsuo ; Wu, Ming C. ; Sivco, Deborah L. ; Cho, Alfred Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A distributed balanced photodetector with high saturation photocurrent and excellent linearity has been experimentally demonstrated. Distributed detection is shown experimentally to be important for the high saturation photocurrents
Keywords :
infrared detectors; optical receivers; photodetectors; distributed balanced photodetectors; distributed detection; excellent linearity; high saturation photocurrent; power distribution; Coplanar waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Power distribution;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.811979
