Analysis of high speed and high saturation current TWPDs

Author

Pasalic, Damir ; Vahldieck, Rudiger

Author_Institution

Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

4-6 Oct. 2005

Abstract

The time-domain TLM method was used for rigorous analysis of TWPDs with PiN and UTC type optical waveguides. Reflection of the optical signal from the output facet of the TWPDs are taken into account as well as effects like carrier transit and life times, velocity mismatch, and RF and optical attenuation constants. For short absorption length TWPDs, the optical reflection from the output facet needs to be considered to accurately calculate the optical power generating discrete current sources. The simulated characteristics of the UTC TWPD are in very good agreement with experimental data. Dependency of the UTC TWPD´s characteristics on the applied bias was investigated as well.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave propagation; light reflection; optical waveguides; photodetectors; time-domain analysis; transmission line matrix methods; PiN optical waveguides; UTC optical waveguides; optical signal reflection; time-domain TLM method; travelling wave photodetectors; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical reflection; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Power generation; RF signals; Radio frequency; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2005 European

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-2-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2005.1608794

Filename

1608794