Title :
High-saturation current uni-traveling-carrier waveguide photodiodes with variable optical confinement
Author :
Klamkin, Jonathan ; Madison, Shannon M. ; Oakley, Douglas C. ; Napoleone, Antonio ; Donnell, Frederick J O ; Sheehan, Michael ; Missaggia, Leo J. ; Caissie, Janice M. ; Hollis, Mark A. ; Plant, Jason J. ; Juodawlkis, Paul W.
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes with variable optical confinement waveguides are proposed and demonstrated. Two different photodiode designs are compared, both demonstrating state of the art saturation current for a waveguide photodiode.
Keywords :
optical saturation; optical waveguides; photodiodes; saturation current; uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes; uni-traveling-carrier waveguide; variable optical confinement waveguides; Absorption; High speed optical techniques; Optical saturation; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodiodes; Planar waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
