Title :
Strong enhancement in saturation power of sub-THz photodiode by using photonic millimeter-wave femtosecond pulse generator
Author :
Jhih-Min Wun ; Yi-Shiun Chen ; Cheng-Hung Lai ; Hao-Yun Liu ; Huang, C.-B. ; Ci-Ling Pan ; Jin-Wei Shi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Nat. Central Univ., Chungli, Taiwan
Abstract :
A photonic MMW femto-second pulse-generator has been demonstrated. Using it, we achieve strong (6.4 dB) saturation-power enhancements, which result in +3.9 dBm maximum output of UTC-PD at 160 GHz, as compared to that under sinusoidal excitation.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; photodiodes; pulse generators; UTC-PD; frequency 160 GHz; photonic MMW femto-second pulse-generator; photonic millimeter-wave femtosecond pulse generator; saturation-power enhancements; sub-THz photodiode; Optical fibers; Optical pulse shaping; Optical saturation; Photonics; Semiconductor device measurement; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2A.5
