Accurate characterization of high-speed photodetectors

Paul D. Hale; Douglas L. Franzen

doi:10.1117/12.158578

15 October 1993 Accurate characterization of high-speed photodetectors

Paul D. Hale, Douglas L. Franzen

Proceedings Volume 2022, Photodetectors and Power Meters; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158578
Event: SPIE's 1993 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1993, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We designed a simple heterodyne system for frequency domain photodetector characterization which is intended to avoid many of the disadvantages of earlier characterization systems and to minimize errors due to intensity fluctuation, frequency calibration, and source impedance mismatch without using vector network analysis. A detailed uncertainty analysis for the system indicates 95% confidence intervals between +/- 0.25 and +/- 0.6 dB at 25 GHz, depending on the photodetector output impedance.

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Paul D. Hale and Douglas L. Franzen "Accurate characterization of high-speed photodetectors", Proc. SPIE 2022, Photodetectors and Power Meters, (15 October 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.158578

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