Velocity-matched distributed photodetectors with high-saturation power and large bandwidth

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1376-1378

  Lin, L Y ^a,d   Wu, M C ^a,d   Itoh, T ^a,d   Vang, T A ^b   Muller, R E ^b   Sivco, D L ^c   Cho, A Y ^c,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROWAVE LINKS; PHOTODIODES; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES;

SATURATION PHOTOCURRENT; VELOCITY MATCHED DISTRIBUTED PHOTODETECTOR;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0030271083     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.536660     Document Type: Article

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