Title :
Germanium waveguides on lateral silicon-on-insulator diodes for monolithic light emitters and photo detectors
Author :
Tani, Kazuya ; Oda, K. ; Kasai, Jun-ichi ; Okumura, Takashi ; Mine, Tsunenori ; Saito, Shin-ichi ; Ido, T.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Electron. Technol. Res. Assoc. (PETRA), Kokubunji, Japan
Abstract :
We fabricated germanium waveguides on lateral silicon-on-insulator diodes for monolithic integrated light emitters and photo detectors. The fabricated devices show enhanced light emission properties and photo detection properties, namely, a dark current of 2 nA.
Keywords :
dark conductivity; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; light emitting diodes; optical fabrication; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon-on-insulator; Ge-Si; current 2 nA; dark current; device fabricateion; enhanced light emission properties; germanium waveguides; lateral silicon-on-insulator diodes; monolithic light emitters; photodetection; photodetectors; Dark current; Detectors; Light emitting diodes; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Photonic band gap; Silicon-on-insulator;
Conference_Titel :
Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5803-3
DOI :
10.1109/Group4.2013.6644407
