Nonlinear Equivalent-Circuit Modeling of a Fast Photodiode

Author

Abdallah, Zeina ; Rumeau, Axel ; Fernandez, Alicia ; Cibiel, Gilles ; Llopis, Olivier

Author_Institution

Lab. for Anal. & Archit. of Syst., Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse, France

Volume

26

Issue

18

fYear

2014

fDate

Sept.15, 15 2014

Firstpage

1840

Lastpage

1842

Abstract

A new nonlinear equivalent circuit model of a photodiode is proposed to describe the conversion of the laser relative intensity noise to microwave phase noise. This conversion is realized through a nonlinear RC circuit. The validity of this model has been confirmed by the good agreement between simulation and experimental results at different microwave frequencies. These simulations have been performed using commercially available harmonic balance simulation software.

Keywords

equivalent circuits; laser noise; microwave diodes; microwave photonics; phase noise; photodiodes; harmonic balance simulation software; laser relative intensity noise; microwave frequency; microwave phase noise; nonlinear RC circuit; nonlinear equivalent circuit model; photodiode; Masers; Microwave circuits; Microwave photonics; Optical saturation; Photodiodes; Radio frequency; Equivalent circuits; microwave oscillators; nonlinearities; optoelectronic devices; phase noise; photodiode;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2337352

Filename

6851873