The nonlinearity of double-heterostructure LED's for optical communications

1 January 1977

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE

Vol. 65 (9) , 1408-1410
https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1977.10728

Abstract

Expressions describing the observed nonlinearity of double-heterostructure LED's are derived. The second harmonic distortion predicted from the simple model at a modulation index of 0.5 is-34 to -41 dB below the fundamental. Qualitative trends of the harmonic distortion versus the thicknesses of and doping concentrations in the active layer, are in agreement with published experimental results.

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