We report on the first demonstration of velocity-matched distributed photodetectors and balanced photodetectors with p-i-n photodetectors. Record-high linear dc photocurrent of 45 mA has been achieved without suffering from thermal damage, thanks to the superior power handling capability of p-i-n photodiodes. A novel fiber alignment technique has been developed to achieve high linear photocurrent. More than 37 dB of common-mode-rejection ratio and 45-dB suppression of laser relative intensity

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... ise over a broad frequency range have been achieved using the distributed balanced photodetectors in an RF fiber-optic link. The frequency response is flat from 1 to 35 GHz. . Publisher Item Identifier S 0018-9480(01)08713-0. Dalma Novak (S'90-M'91) received the Bachelor of Engineering (electrical) (with first-class honors) and the Ph.D. degree from the