//Optoelectronics - An Introduction, 2nd Edition by J. Wilson and J.F.B. Hawkes //Example 7.7 //OS=Windows XP sp3 //Scilab version 5.5.2 clc; clear; //given A=100e-6*100e-6;//Junction area of the photodiode in m^2 Epsilonr=12;//Relative permittivity of InGaAs Epsilon0=8.84e-12;//Permittivity of free space in SI Units w=2e-6;//Thickness of the i region Rl=50;//Load resistance in Ohms vsat=1e5;//Saturation velocity of electrons in InGaAs Tdrift=w/vsat;//Transit time of electrons through the depletion region in s mprintf("\n Tdrift = %.1e s",Tdrift); Cj=A*Epsilon0*Epsilonr/w;//Diode capacitance in F mprintf("\n Cj = %.1e F",Cj); Trc=Rl*Cj;//Response time associated with the detector RC network in s mprintf("\n Trc = %.1e s",Trc);//The answers vary due to round off error T=sqrt((Tdrift)^2+(Trc)^2);//Total time response in s mprintf("\n T = %.1e s",T); //The answers vary due to round off error