• DocumentCode
    3515822
  • Title

    High power distributed balanced photodetectors with high linearity

  • Author

    Islam, M. Saif ; Jung, T. ; Mathai, S. ; Chau, T. ; Rollinger, A. ; Itoh, T. ; Wu, Ming C. ; Sivco, Deborah L. ; Cho, Alfred Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    1999
  • Firstpage
    79
  • Abstract
    A distributed balanced photodetector with high saturation photocurrent has been experimentally demonstrated. The maximum linear DC photo-current of 33 mA/branch is equivalent to 66 mA in single-ended photodetectors. The AC linearity at high photocurrents is also investigated
  • Keywords
    microwave photonics; photoconducting devices; photodetectors; 66 mA; AC linearity; distributed balanced photodetector; high linearity; high photocurrents; high power distributed balanced photodetectors; high saturation photocurrent; maximum linear DC photo-current; microwave photonics; single-ended photodetectors; Coplanar waveguides; High speed optical techniques; Linearity; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Photodiodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 1999. MWP '99. International Topical Meeting on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, Vic.
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-5558-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.1999.819656
  • Filename
    819656
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3515822