Abstract
This paper describes the design, fabrication, and measurement of backward-wave-cancelled distributed traveling-wave photodetectors. One of the fundamental issues in traveling-wave photodetectors is the generation of backward-waves, which reduces bandwidth or, in the case of matched input termination, reduces their radio-frequency (RF) efficiencies by up to 6 dB. We report a traveling-wave photodetector with multisection coplanar strip transmission lines. The reflections at the discontinuities of the transmission line cancel the backward propagating waves exactly. The bandwidth reduction due to backward-waves is eliminated without sacrificing the RF efficiency. We have demonstrated a broadband backward-wave-cancelled traveling-wave photodetector with three discrete photodiodes. The photodetector is realized in InGaAs/InGaAsP/InP material systems and operates at 1.55 µm. A 3-dB bandwidth of 38 GHz and a linear RF output of - 1 dBm at 40 GHz have been achieved. The experimental results agree very well with the theoretical calculations.
© 2003 IEEE
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