Photovaractor performance for optically controlled microwave circuits

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https://doi.org/10.26636/jtit.2002.1.117

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circuits, photovaractor, optically controlled

Abstract

The photovaractor for optically controlled microwave circuits was designed and studied. The photovaractor module was fabricated as a planar p-i-n photodiode chip placed in a fibre optic matching receptacles. Study of C-V characteristics in the light illumination mode has shown that capacitance characteristics are strongly dependent on the light illumination power. These variations of the photovaractor diode capacitance are large enough to be used in optically controlled circuits such as oscillators, mixers and switchers.

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2023-04-07

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2002-03-30

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S. A. Malyshev, “Photovaractor performance for optically controlled microwave circuits”, JTIT, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 14–17, Mar. 2002, doi: 10.26636/jtit.2002.1.117.