Photodiode DC and microwave nonlinearity at high currents due to carrier recombination nonlinearities

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1015-1017

  Williams, Keith J ^a,b   Esman, Ronald D ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinearities; P i n photodiodes; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Semiconductor device modeling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; MICROWAVE NONLINEARITY;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0032121526     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.681302     Document Type: Article

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