• DocumentCode
    378304
  • Title

    An ultra high speed waveguide avalanche photodiode for 40-Gb/s optical receiver

  • Author

    Nakata, T. ; Takeuchi, T. ; Makita, K. ; Amamiya, Y. ; Suzuki, Y. ; Torikai, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Photonic & Wireless Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
  • Volume
    4
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    564
  • Abstract
    We have developed an ultra high speed InAlAs-WG-APD with a 30-GHz bandwidth. We fabricated well defined small mesa APDs using dry-etching to reduce the capacitance of the APD. By combining this WG-APD and a GaAs-based preamplifier, we achieved a 30-GHz bandwidth APD receiver at M=2. This front end shows the possibility of applying the APDs to 40-Gb/s optical receivers for the first time.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; avalanche photodiodes; indium compounds; optical receivers; 30 GHz; 40 Gbit/s; APD receiver; GaAs-based preamplifier; InAlAs; capacitance reduction; dry-etching; optical communication systems; optical receiver; ultra high speed waveguide avalanche photodiode; well defined small mesa avalanche photodiode; Avalanche photodiodes; Bandwidth; Capacitance; Indium compounds; Optical materials; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Reproducibility of results; Substrates; Wet etching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-6705-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2001.989111
  • Filename
    989111