• DocumentCode
    1352365
  • Title

    High-speed, high-power and high-efficiency photodiodes with evanescently coupled graded-index waveguide

  • Author

    Takeuchi, T. ; Nakata, T. ; Makita, K. ; Yamaguchi, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Opto-Electron. Device Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    5/25/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    972
  • Lastpage
    973
  • Abstract
    Evanescently coupled pin photodiodes with a high external efficiency of 0.71 A/W obtained as a result of the graded index configuration of the waveguide have been developed. A bandwidth of >40 GHz has been demonstrated up to an average photocurrent of 10 mA.
  • Keywords
    gradient index optics; 10 mA; 40 GHz; average photocurrent; evanescently coupled graded-index waveguide; evanescently coupled pin photodiodes; graded index configuration; high external efficiency; high-speed high-power high-efficiency photodiodes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000688
  • Filename
    848999