High-power InGaAs-on-Si pin RF photodiodes

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 1084-1086

  Tulchinsky, D A ^a   Williams, K J ^a   Pauchard, A ^b   Bitter, M ^b   Pan, Z ^b   Hodge, L ^b   Hummel, S G ^b   Lo, Y H ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Nova Crystals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONDING; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

DARK CURRENTS; SMALL SIGNAL COMPRESSION CURRENTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0041344451     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030693     Document Type: Article

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