Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 57, Issue 9, 092002(2020)

Design and Research of A/D Sampling High-Speed Photoconductive Switch for Radio-Frequency Signal

Ming Chang1, Rui Hu2, Yiping Wang1、*, Wei Xia1, and Yunjie Cheng1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physical Science and Technology, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
  • 2Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement, Beijing 100854, China
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    Structure diagram of photoconductive switch. (a) Schematic diagram; (b) physical map
    Lumped circuit model of photoconductive switch
    Principle of rectangular pulse sampling. (a) Time-domain waveform of signal to be sampled; (b) time-domain waveform of rectangular pulse sampling signal; (c) waveform multiplied in the time-domain of rectangular pulse sampling; (d) spectrum of the signal to be sampled; (e) spectrum of the sampled rectangular pulse signal; (f) spectrum of the final output signal after convolution in the frequency domain
    Simulation results of switch S21 parameter
    Schematic of RF signal transmission performance test
    Electrical transmission performance in dark and light. (a) Three interdigital electrodes; (b) two interdigital electrodes
    Effect of input optical power on on-off ratio
    Experimental photoconductive sampling system
    Spectrum after sampling. (a) Raw chip; (b) chip with nitrogen ion implantation
    • Table 1. Theoretical and measured values of the mapping frequency of different Nyquist intervals

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      Table 1. Theoretical and measured values of the mapping frequency of different Nyquist intervals

      Nyquist interval12345678Main spectrum
      Simulation /MHz32.283.8135.4187238.6290.2341.8393.4445
      Measurement /MHz32.171.1135.1174.1238.1278.1342.1381.1445
    • Table 2. Input optical power corresponds to output spectral amplitude

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      Table 2. Input optical power corresponds to output spectral amplitude

      Current /mA050100150200250300350400450500550600
      Main spectrum /dB0-4.84-2.91-1.94-1.28-0.62-0.57-0.41-0.33-0.30-0.20-0.08-0.01
      First Nyquistinterval /dB0-41.8-40.7-40.3-33.2-25.9-25.2-24.8-24.5-24.3-23.9-23.7-23.3
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    Ming Chang, Rui Hu, Yiping Wang, Wei Xia, Yunjie Cheng. Design and Research of A/D Sampling High-Speed Photoconductive Switch for Radio-Frequency Signal[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2020, 57(9): 092002

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optics in Computing

    Received: Sep. 4, 2019

    Accepted: Sep. 20, 2019

    Published Online: May. 6, 2020

    The Author Email: Yiping Wang (jeremy_ff@sina.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP57.092002

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