High-current photodetectors as efficient and high-power RF output stages

2006 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Williams, Keith J ^a   Tulchinsky, David A ^a   Boos, John B ^a   Park, Doewan ^a   Goetz, Peter G ^a   Rabinovich, William S ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

High power photodetectors; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Saturation current; Space charge effect

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONICS; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CLASS A; CLASS-AB; HIGH CURRENTS; HIGH POWERS; HIGH-POWER PHOTODETECTORS; MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; OUTPUT STAGES; PHOTODETECTOR DESIGN; PHOTODIODES; RF POWER AMPLIFIERS; RF POWERING; SATURATION CURRENT; SMALL SIGNALS; SPACE-CHARGE EFFECT;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 50049133878     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2006.346563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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