Excess amplitude and excess phase noise of RF photodiodes operated in compression

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 654-656

  Tulchinsky, David A ^a   Williams, Keith J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonlinear distortions; Nonlinearities; Phase noise (PN); Photodetectors; Photodiodes

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LIGHT MODULATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR DISTORTION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RING LASERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AMPLITUDE NOISE; PHASE NOISE (PN);

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 14844357972     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.842398     Document Type: Article

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