• DocumentCode
    712644
  • Title

    Dual-illuminated parallel-fed traveling wave germanium photodetectors

  • Author

    Chia-Ming Chang ; Sinsky, Jeffrey H. ; Po Dong ; De Valicourt, Guilhem ; Young-Kai Chen

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report 4-stage dual-illuminated Ge traveling wave photodetectors (TWPDs). Dual-illumination doubles the optical channels and boosts DC and RF power handling, resulting in a record figure-of-merit of an RF power-bandwidth area density of 0.66 mW-GHz/μm2.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; germanium; lighting; photodetectors; 4-stage dual-illuminated Ge traveling wave photodetector; DC power handling; Ge; RF power handling; RF power-bandwidth area density; TWPD; dual-illuminated parallel-fed traveling wave germanium photodetector; figure-of-merit; optical channel; High-speed optical techniques; Optical device fabrication; Optical mixing; Optical reflection; Optical saturation; Photoconductivity; Photodetectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7122019