Title :
Photovaractor for optically controlled microwave circuits
Author :
Malyshev, S.A. ; Andrievski, V.F. ; Budko, T.O. ; Chen Chao ; Chizh, A.L. ; Gushchinskaya, E.V. ; Liu Baolin ; Romanova, L.I. ; Zaporozhets, E.V.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Acad. of Sci., Minsk, Byelorussia
Abstract :
The photovaractor for optically controlled microwave circuits was designed and studied. The photovaractor module was fabricated as a planar p-i-n InP/InGaAs photodiode chip placed in a fibre optic matching receptacle. Study of C-V characteristics in the light illumination mode has shown that capacitance characteristics are strongly dependent on the light illumination power. These variations of the photovaractor diode capacitance are large enough to be used in optically controlled circuits such as oscillators, mixers and switchers
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; microwave photonics; p-i-n photodiodes; photocapacitance; varactors; C-V characteristics; InP-InGaAs; fibre optic matching receptacle; light illumination power; optically controlled microwave circuits; photovaractor diode capacitance; planar p-i-n photodiode chip; Capacitance-voltage characteristics; Fiber optics; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Lighting; Microwave circuits; Optical control; Optical design; P-i-n diodes; PIN photodiodes;
Conference_Titel :
Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications. 2000. MIKON-2000. 13th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wroclaw
Print_ISBN :
83-906662-3-5
DOI :
10.1109/MIKON.2000.913955
