• DocumentCode
    1875253
  • Title

    Franz-Keldysh and avalanche effects in a germanium waveguide photodiode

  • Author

    Takeda, Kenji ; Hiraki, Tatsurou ; Tsuchizawa, Tai ; Nishi, Hidetaka ; Rai Kou ; Fukuda, Hiroshi ; Ishikawa, Yozo ; Wada, Kazuyoshi ; Yamada, Koji

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Microsyst. Integration Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    28-30 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    138
  • Lastpage
    139
  • Abstract
    At a high-voltage reverse bias, a germanium photodiode with a silicon waveguide exhibits responsivity of over 1 A/W in the entire C- and L-bands due to the Franz-Keldysh effect and avalanche multiplication.
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; elemental semiconductors; germanium; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; C-band; Franz-Keldysh effects; Ge-Si; L-band; avalanche effects; avalanche multiplication; germanium waveguide photodiode; high-voltage reverse bias; silicon waveguide; Absorption; Dark current; Germanium; L-band; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Silicon; Franz-Keldysh effect; Germanium photodiode; Si photonics; avalanche effect;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2013 IEEE 10th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5803-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2013.6644409
  • Filename
    6644409