Abstract
The nonlinearity of a 300 GHz gain bandwidth Separate Absorption Charge Multiplication (SACM) Ge/Si avalanche photodiode was examined experimentally for varying multiplication factors. The maximum second order dynamic range was 84.8 dB∙Hz1/2. The largest third order dynamic range was 101.5 dB∙Hz2/3.
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