Uni-travelling-carrier photodiode performance with X-band modulation at high optical power

Author

Gustavsson, Manda ; Hedekvist, P.O. ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

299

Abstract

We have fabricated and characterized backside illuminated uni-travelling-carrier photodiodes (UTC-PDs) and obtained average photocurrents exceeding 140mA and very high peak-to-peak voltages of 7.4V over 50Ω at 10Gb/s with no indication of reduced bandwidth. Nonlinear distortion at 10 GHz are also measured for high photocurrents, up to 140mA, while retaining third-order intercept point above 30dBm.

Keywords

microwave photonics; nonlinear distortion; optical modulation; optical receivers; photoconductivity; photodiodes; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 140 mA; 7.4 V; IP3; X-band modulation; distortion measurements; high output power; high speed devices; microwave photonics; nonlinear distortion; photocurrents; third-order intercept point; uni-travelling-carrier photodiodes; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Power generation; Distortion measurements; IP3; high output power; high speed devices; microwave photonics; photodiodes; uni-travelling-carrier photodiodes (UTC-PDs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2005.847656

Filename

1427722