Numerical Modeling of Amplitude-to-Phase Conversion in Modified Uni-Traveling Carrier (MUTC) Photodetector

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Hu, Yue, Curtis R. Menyuk, Xiaojun Xie, Meredith Hutchinson, Vincent J. Urick, Joe Campbell, and Keith J. Williams. “Numerical Modeling of Amplitude-to-Phase Conversion in Modified Uni-Traveling Carrier (MUTC) Photodetector.” In Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2016), Paper JW2A.117, JW2A.117. Optica Publishing Group, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JW2A.117.

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Abstract

We calculate the amplitude-to-phase noise conversion in a MUTC photodetector. We obtained two nulls as measured in the experiments, and we explain their origin.