• DocumentCode
    841544
  • Title

    Very high-responsivity evanescently coupled photodiodes integrating a short planar multimode waveguide for high-speed applications

  • Author

    Demiguel, Stephane ; Li, Ning ; Li, Xiaowei ; Zheng, Xiaoguang ; Kim, Jooyong ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Lu, Hanfei ; Anselm, Alex

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • Volume
    15
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    1761
  • Lastpage
    1763
  • Abstract
    We report an evanescently coupled photodiode that utilizes a short planar multimode waveguide. Very high responsivity (> 1 A/W) with polarization dependence less than 0.5 dB, 48-GHz bandwidth, and 11-mA saturation current were achieved.
  • Keywords
    integrated optics; optical planar waveguides; photodiodes; high-speed applications; polarization dependence; saturation current; short planar multimode waveguide; very high responsivity; very high-responsivity evanescently coupled photodiodes; Bandwidth; Etching; High speed optical techniques; Optical planar waveguides; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Photodiodes; Planar waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.819724
  • Filename
    1253527