Numerical Analysis and Design of a New Traveling-Wave Photodetector with an Asymmetric I-Layer Cross Section

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 770-775

  Kong, Soon Cheol ^a   Ok, Seong Hae ^b   Choi, Young Wan ^b   Choe, Joong Seon ^c   Kwon, Yong Hwan ^c   Kim, Ja Ha ^c  

^a Samsung Electro Mechanics   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^c Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asymmetric i layer cross section; Bandwidth; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Full wave analysis; Traveling wave photodetector (TWPD)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MAGNETIZATION; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PHOTODETECTORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN (FDTD); FULL-WAVE ANALYSIS; TRAVELING WAVE PHOTODETECTORS (TWPD);

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS;

EID: 0346276709     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2003.818850     Document Type: Conference Paper

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