Uni-Traveling-Carrier Balanced Photodiode With Tunable MMI Coupler for Optimization of Source Laser RIN Suppression

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Klamkin, Jonathan; Johansson, Leif A.; Nunoya, Nobuhiro; Bowers, John E.; DenBaars, Steven P.; ... Show more
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Abstract
A balanced uni-traveling-carrier (UTC) waveguide photodiode (PD) has been fabricated and characterized. The balanced PD incorporates a multimode interference (MMI) coupler as a light combiner/splitter with tunability of the output power splitting ratio. The individual UTC-PDs demonstrate a 1 dB compression current of 80.5 mA and a third-order output intercept point of 46.1 dBm at 60 mA, both representing the highest reported for a waveguide PD. The ability to fine tune the output power splitting of the MMI coupler allows for optimization of source laser relative-intensity noise suppression.
Date issued
2009-12
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59472
Department
Lincoln Laboratory
Journal
International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, 2009. MWP '09
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Citation
Klamkin, J. et al. “Uni-traveling-carrier balanced photodiode with tunable MMI coupler for optimization of source laser RIN suppression.” Microwave Photonics, 2009. MWP '09. International Topical Meeting on. 2009. 1-4. ©2009 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Version: Final published version
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INSPEC Accession Number: 10999509
ISBN
978-1-4244-4788-6
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