Title :
Very low noise photodetector system using p-i-n diode and baseband parametric upconvertor
Author_Institution :
University of Waterloo, Electrical Engineering Department, Waterloo, Canada
Abstract :
The communication describes a sensitive photodetector system consisting of a p-i-n photodiode followed by a baseband parametric upconvertor. The overall noise performance is shown to be potentially better than that of existing avalanche photodiode systems.
Keywords :
electron device noise; frequency convertors; photodetectors; photodiodes; baseband parametric upconvertor; low noise photodetector system; noise performance; p-i-n photodiode;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19800412
