The influence of nonlinear capacitance and responsivity on the linearity of a modified uni-traveling carrier photodiode

2008 IEEE International Meeting on Microwave Photonics jointly held with the 2008 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP2008/APMP2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 82-85

  Pan, Huapu ^a   Beling, Andreas ^a   Chen, Hao ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a   Yoder, P D ^b  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

InGaAs; Linearity; Nonlinear capacitance; Nonlinear responsivity; Photodiode (PD); Third order intermodulation distortion

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CHARGE CARRIERS; CIVIL AVIATION; DISTORTION (WAVES); INTERMODULATION; INTERMODULATION DISTORTION; INTERMODULATION MEASUREMENT; LINEARIZATION; MICROWAVES; MODULATION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONICS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; TRANSCEIVERS;

INGAAS; LINEARITY; NONLINEAR CAPACITANCE; NONLINEAR RESPONSIVITY; THIRD-ORDER INTERMODULATION DISTORTION;

HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS;

EID: 58049206554     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2008.4666640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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