Title :
Partially depleted absorber waveguide photodiodes
Author :
Demiguel, Sephane ; Xiaowei Li ; Ning Li ; Chen, Hao ; Zheng, Xiaoguang ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Wei, Jian ; Anselm, Alex
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
We reported a partially depleted absorber evanescently-coupled waveguide photodiode that achieves 17 mA saturation current (corresponding to +4.5 dBm RF power) at 40 GHz, 0.81 A/W responsivity and >50 GHz bandwidth.
Keywords :
integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical waveguides; photodetectors; photodiodes; 17 mA; 40 GHz; analog optical transmissions; digital optical transmissions; evanescently-coupled photodiode; partially depleted absorber; photodetectors; waveguide photodiodes; Bandwidth; Diodes; Indium gallium arsenide; Optical refraction; Optical saturation; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Waveguide components;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363188
