Simulation analysis of uni-traveling-carrier photodetectors

Author

Wen, Huafeng ; Nie, Qiuhua ; Liu, Taijun ; Xu, Tiefeng ; Li, Yingfeng

Author_Institution

Coll. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Ningbo Univ., Ningbo, China

fYear

2011

fDate

26-28 July 2011

Firstpage

719

Lastpage

722

Abstract

A photodetector is a key component in an optical fiber communications system, and its performance directly influences the performance and design requirements of the entire system. This paper compares the structural difference between PIN-PD and the UTC-PD using energy band theory. It has previously been pointed out that the parameters of the absorption layer and collection layer play decisive roles in the overall UTC-PD performance. This paper presents the parameter simulation results from of the absorption layer and collection layer using ATLAS simulation software. It also presents an analysis of the simulation results.

Keywords

absorption; band structure; computerised instrumentation; photodetectors; ATLAS simulation analysis software; PIN-PD performance; UTC-PD performance; absorption layer parameter; collection layer parameter; energy band theory; optical fiber communication system; unitraveling-carrier photodetector; Absorption; Bandwidth; Charge carrier processes; Junctions; Photodiodes; Simulation; 3dB bandwidth; UTC-PD; photo detector; photo response;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Multimedia Technology (ICMT), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-771-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMT.2011.6002075

Filename

6002075