• DocumentCode
    18623
  • Title

    High-power-tolerant InAlAs avalanche photodiode for 25 Gbit/s applications

  • Author

    Nada, Masahiro ; Muramoto, Yoshifumi ; Yokoyama, Haruki ; Ishibashi, Takayuki ; Matsuzaki, Hideaki

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    January 3 2013
  • Firstpage
    62
  • Lastpage
    63
  • Abstract
    A wide optical-input dynamic range is demonstrated for an inverted p-down InAlAs/InGaAs avalanche photodiode. The 3 dB down bandwidth maintains a value as high as 18 GHz for an input optical power level of up to + 2.5 dBm. Such high-power tolerance meets the requirements of various future optical fibre communications systems such as 100 Gbit/s Ethernet which has a serial baud rate of 25 Gbit/s.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; avalanche photodiodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical fibre communication; Ethernet; InAlAs-InGaAs; bit rate 25 Gbit/s; high-power-tolerant avalanche photodiode; inverted p-down avalanche photodiode; optical fibre communications systems; optical-input dynamic range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2012.3922
  • Filename
    6415450