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A large area, high speed photodetector for a microwave modulated hybrid lidar-radar application
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A large area, high speed photodetector for a microwave modulated hybrid lidar-radar application

T.A Yost, P.R Herczfeld, B Nabet, V.M Contarino and J.A Culp
1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference. 'Linking to the Next Century'. Proceedings, v 1, pp 233-238
1997

Abstract

Anodes Bandwidth Electrodes Electron optics Gallium arsenide High speed optical techniques Optical modulation Optical receivers Photodetectors Photodiodes
For microwave modulated lidar applications, a large area photodetector with low noise, high gain, and a bandwidth of a few gigahertz is needed. The photodetector presented is a vacuum photodiode that employs a planar 300 /spl mu/m/sup 2/ metal-semiconductor-metal device as the anode to increase the response speed. This is the first known use of a metal-semiconductor-metal device under electron bombardment. The photodetector has an 8 mm active area, noise figure less than 1.5 dB, gain greater than 10/sup 3/, and an expected bandwidth exceeding 3 GHz.

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