Title :
Third-order intermodulation distortion characterization of variable confinement slab-coupled optical waveguide photodiodes
Author :
Madison, Shannon M. ; Klamkin, Jonathan ; Oakley, Douglas C. ; Napoleone, Antonio ; O´Donnell, Frederick J. ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Yegnanarayanan, Sivasubramaniam ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
We report two-tone third-order intermodulation distortion (IMD3) characterization of a uni-traveling-carrier waveguide photodiode which uses a horizontal taper mode size transformer to vary the optical confinement with length. Fixed confinement waveguide photodiodes are also characterized.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; intermodulation distortion; optical waveguides; photodiodes; InP-InGaAs-InGaAsP-InGaAsP-InP; horizontal taper mode size transformer; slab-coupled optical waveguide photodiodes; two-tone third-order intermodulation distortion; unitraveling-carrier waveguide photodiode; variable optical confinement; Linearity; Optical distortion; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110406
