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4 December 1998 Broadband impedance-matched metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector arrays
Ray G. DeCorby, Alan J. P. Hnatiw, Dave W. Boertjes, James N. McMullin, R. Ian MacDonald
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Abstract
An electrically interconnected, linear array of photodetectors is a useful component for several optoelectronic systems applications. Traveling-wave concepts were employed in matching arrays of metal-semiconductor- metal photodetectors to a 50 (Omega) load, over a broad bandwidth. The photodetectors are embedded in a microstrip transmission line, to form a periodically loaded structure. The bias of each detector is independently controllable. Such periodic structures can be designed to exhibit specified characteristic impedance, and to be non-dispersive up to very high frequencies. With proper matching, each photodetector exhibits broadband response into an external load. Experimentally, a monolithic array of eight metal- semiconductor-metal photodetectors, attached to a microstrip bus, is shown to have uniform 12 GHz bandwidth. A model for the array is discussed, and theoretical and experimental results are in good agreement. Applications of broadband photodetector arrays are also discussed.
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Ray G. DeCorby, Alan J. P. Hnatiw, Dave W. Boertjes, James N. McMullin, and R. Ian MacDonald "Broadband impedance-matched metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector arrays", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328753
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KEYWORDS
Photodetectors

Sensors

Capacitance

Capacitors

Optoelectronics

Cadmium

Inductance

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