Electromagnetic analysis of optoelectronic devices applied to the study of a sampler and an autocorrelator

Author

Armengaud, Lydie ; Lalande, Michkle ; Jecko, Bernard ; Breuil, Nicolas ; Barthelemy, Alain ; Cuzin, Marc

Author_Institution

RIMOC, Limoges Univ., France

Volume

44

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1017

Lastpage

1023

Abstract

In this paper, an optoelectronic sampler and an autocorrelator are described. The devices are made with microstrip propagation lines, and ultra-rapid photoconductive switches are integrated in the same substrate. These devices are studied along two interacting directions: sampler description and operation, and electromagnetic study. In particular, the electromagnetic study is discussed here. The purpose of the first is to understand the electromagnetic behavior of the optoelectronic sampler. The second study enables us to simulate the autocorrelator operation in order to characterize the ultra rapid photoconductive switch

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optoelectronics; microstrip lines; microwave measurement; optical correlation; photoconducting devices; photoconducting switches; signal sampling; electromagnetic analysis; electrooptic sampling; microstrip propagation line; microwave measurements; optoelectronic autocorrelator; optoelectronic sampler; ultra-rapid photoconductive switch; Autocorrelation; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic propagation; Microwave devices; Optical pulse generation; Optoelectronic devices; Photoconducting devices; Photoconductivity; Sampling methods; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.508633

Filename

508633