Modeling nonlinearity in a partially depleted absorber photodetector and a modified uni-traveling carrier photodetector

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2014-10

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Hu, Yue, Curtis R. Menyuk, Meredith Hutchinson, Vincent J. Urick, and Keith J. Williams. “Modeling Nonlinearity in a Partially Depleted Absorber Photodetector and a Modified Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodetector.” In 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference, 206–7, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995320.

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Impact ionization
Load modeling
Microwave photonics
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
Power system harmonics
Photodetectors
Harmonic analysis

Abstract

We investigate the sources of nonlinearity in a partially depleted absorber (PDA) photodetector and a modified uni-traveling-carrier (MUTC) photodetector. The Franz-Keldysh effect and impact ionization are the two most important sources of nonlinearity.