• DocumentCode
    2472147
  • Title

    Si/Ge separated absorption charge multiplication avalanche photodetector with low dark current

  • Author

    Xue, Chunlai ; Xue, Haiyun ; Cheng, Buwen ; Bai, Anqi ; Hu, Weixuan ; Yu, Yude ; Wang, Qiming

  • Author_Institution
    State Key Lab. on Integrated Optoelectron., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    9-11 Sept. 2009
  • Firstpage
    178
  • Lastpage
    180
  • Abstract
    We report a Ge/Si APD with a gain of 8.8 when biased at 90% of breakdown voltage operating at 1310 nm. The dark current density is less than 82 uA/cm2 at biases up to -20 V.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; absorption; avalanche photodiodes; current density; electric breakdown; photodetectors; SiGe; avalanche photodetector; breakdown voltage; charge multiplication; dark current density; low dark current; separated absorption; wavelength 1310 nm; Absorption; Dark current; Dry etching; Germanium; Photodetectors; Plasma temperature; Semiconductor films; Silicon; Substrates; Tunneling; Avalanche photodetectors; Si/Ge; charge and multiplication; separate absorption;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics, 2009. GFP '09. 6th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    1949-2081
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4402-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1949-2081
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2009.5338325
  • Filename
    5338325