Nonlinearities in p-i-n microwave photodetectors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 84-96

  Williams, Keith J ^b   Esman, Ronald D ^a,b   Dagenais, Mario ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HARMONIC GENERATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CARRIER TRANSPORT; ELECTRON CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; HARMONIC DISTORTION; MICROWAVE PHOTODETECTORS; POISSON EQUATION;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0029732463     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.476141     Document Type: Article

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