Recent Advances and Future Prospects in High-Speed and High-Saturation-Current Photodetectors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5246, Issue , 2003, Pages 448-457

  Islam, M Saif ^a   Wu, Ming C ^b  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog fiber optic links; Balanced photodetectors; Failure mechanism; High photocurrent; High power photodiodes; Microwave photonics; Optical receivers; RF photonics

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FIBER OPTIC LINKS; BALANCED PHOTODETECTORS; FAILURE MECHANISM; HIGH PHOTOCURRENTS; HIGH POWER PHOTODIODES; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) PHOTONICS;

FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; PHOTODIODES; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 1642432046     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.511278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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