Title :
High-reliability, low-dark-current, and wide-dynamic-range planar-structure superlattice APDs for 10 Gb/s optical receivers
Author :
Watanabe, I. ; Nakata, T. ; Tsuji, M. ; Makita, K. ; Taguchi, K.
Author_Institution :
Opto-Electron. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
Sub-μA-dark current planar InAlGaAs QW superlattice APDs have been developed for 10 Gb/s applications. The APDs exhibited a gain-bandwidth product of 110 GHz, a top bandwidth of 15.2 GHz, and a 67%-quantum efficiency with an expected lifetime of longer than 106 hours
Keywords :
indium compounds; 10 Gbit/s; 10000000 h; 15.2 GHz; 67 percent; Gb/s optical receivers; InAlGaAs; InAlGaAs QW superlattice APDs; expected lifetime; gain-bandwidth product; high-reliability; low-dark-current; quantum efficiency; sub-μA-dark current; top bandwidth; wide-dynamic-range planar-structure superlattice APDs;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971590
