Optimization of Balanced Detector for Coherent Receiver on Generic InP Platform by PSO

Dhiman Nag, Weiming Yao, Jos J. G. M. van der Tol

Balanced photodetector (BPD) is an important component for high-speed coherent receiver. Optimization strategy of waveguide-based multi-quantum well (MQW) BPDs, operating at 1550 n…