High-power high-speed photodetectors-design analysis and experimental demonstration

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 8 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1320-1331

  Lin, Y L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coplanar transmission lines; Millimeter wave generation; Msm photodiodes; Nonlinearities; Optical pulse measurements; Photodetectors; Traveling wave devices

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

VELOCITY MATCHED DISTRIBUTED PHOTODETECTORS (VMDP);

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0031212670     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.618430     Document Type: Article

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