학술논문

Fast Evaluation of RF Power Spectrum of Photodetectors With Windowing Functions
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices IEEE Trans. Electron Devices Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on. 70(7):3643-3648 Jul, 2023
Subject
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Photodetectors
Charge carrier processes
Frequency modulation
Radio frequency
Mathematical models
Broadband communication
Bandwidth
Drift-diffusion equations
photodetectors
photodiodes
Language
ISSN
0018-9383
1557-9646
Abstract
Time window functions are used as broadband excitations to obtain the output power spectrum of photodetectors. Numerical results show a good agreement with experimental results. The proposed method yields a two-orders-of-magnitude reduction in computing time and memory compared to traditional monochromatic calculations. This large reduction makes it possible to design high-performance photodetectors with numerical optimization on desktop computers. We use this approach to design a device whose 3-dB bandwidth is four times larger than the initial design.