• DocumentCode
    1355050
  • Title

    RF saturation mechanism of InP/InGaAs uni-travelling-carrier photodiode

  • Author

    Shimizu, N. ; Miyamoto, Y. ; Hirano, A. ; Sato, K. ; Ishibashi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Network Innovation Lab., Kanagawa, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    4/13/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    750
  • Lastpage
    751
  • Abstract
    A study into the RF output power limit for an InP/InGaAs uni-travelling-carrier photodiode (UTC-PD) is presented. The measured 1 dB compression power of a UTC-PD at 40 GHz was found to be as high as 9 dBm. From the bias voltage dependence of the saturation power, it was found that the space charge effect in the collector layer is mainly responsible for the RF saturation
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microwave photonics; millimetre wave diodes; millimetre wave generation; optical fabrication; p-n heterojunctions; photodiodes; space charge; 40 GHz; InP-InGaAs; InP/InGaAs; RF output power limit; RF saturation; RF saturation mechanism; bias voltage dependence; collector; compression power; saturation power; space charge effect; uni-travelling-carrier photodiode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000555
  • Filename
    850574