Traveling-wave photodetector design and measurements

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 622-629

  Giboney, Kirk S ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,l}   Rodwell, Mark J W ^a,g,h,l   Bowers, John E ^a,g,i,j,k,l  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e McDonnell Douglas Astronaut Company

^f Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

ⁱ Multidisc Optical Switching T ^*

^j Optoelectronics Technology Center

^k HONEYWELL   (United States)

^l IEEE

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HIGH POWER ILLUMINATION; TRAVELLING WAVE PHOTODETECTORS (TWPD);

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0030230972     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/2944.571760     Document Type: Article

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