Title :
Novel method to determine the unity gain responsivity of avalanche photodiodes
Author :
Kamiyama, Hiroyuki ; Toyonaka, Takashi ; Motoda, Katsuya ; Sakuma, Yasushi ; Okamoto, Kaoru ; Tanaka, Shigeaki ; Fujisaki, Sumiko ; Tsuji, Shinji
Author_Institution :
Opnext Japan Inc., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
A novel method to determine the unity gain responsivity of high-speed avalanche photodiode was proposed. It helps clarifying our APDs with thin InAlAs multiplication layer has achieved GB product over 172 GHz.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; avalanche photodiodes; high-speed optical techniques; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; semiconductor device measurement; InAlAs; InAlAs multiplication layer; avalanche photodiodes; gain bandwidth product; high-speed APD; unity gain responsivity;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
