Dynamic Distortion Characteristics of Silicon Evanescent Detectors and Phase Modulators

Nobuhiro Nunoya, Anand Ramaswamy, Hui-Wen Chen, Hyundai Park, John E. Bowers
2009 Optical Fiber Communication Conference and National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference   unpublished
The linearity of silicon evanescent modulators and quantum well detectors was measured for the first time. An output IP3 of 21 dBm for detectors and a peak phase input IP3 of 2.6π for reverse biased phase modulators was achieved at 500 MHz.
doi:10.1364/ofc.2009.omr8 fatcat:wocxfbocybbdrkkwndxzolhnj4