Title :
Distributed millimeter-wave InGaAs metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector
Author :
Droge, E. ; Bottcher, E.H. ; Kollakowski, St. ; Strittmatter, A. ; Reimann, O. ; Steingruber, R. ; Umbach, A. ; Bimberg, D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. fur Festkorperphys., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
A 78-GHz traveling-wave photodetector for the long-wavelength range has been realized by periodically distributing four InGaAs-InP metal-semiconductor-metal detectors with sub-half-micrometer feature size electrodes on top of an InAlGaAs-core optical waveguide.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; coplanar transmission lines; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; microwave photonics; optical waveguides; photodetectors; strip lines; 78 GHz; GHz traveling-wave photodetector; InAlGaAs; InAlGaAs-core optical waveguide; InGaAs-InP; InGaAs-InP metal-semiconductor-metal detectors; distributed millimeter-wave InGaAs metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector; long-wavelength range; periodically distributing; sub-half-micrometer feature size electrodes; Bandwidth; Detectors; Electrodes; Indium gallium arsenide; Millimeter wave technology; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 1998. MWP '98. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Princeton, NJ, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4936-9
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.1998.745656
