• DocumentCode
    1424142
  • Title

    Near-Infrared Ge-on-Si Power Monitors Monolithically Integrated on SOI Chips

  • Author

    Colace, Lorenzo ; Sorianello, Vito ; Romagnoli, Marco ; Assanto, Gaetano

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. "Roma Tre", Rome, Italy
  • Volume
    22
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    658
  • Lastpage
    660
  • Abstract
    We realize and test power monitors monolithically integrated on silicon-on-insulator optical chips. The devices consist of near-infrared waveguide photodetectors in evaporated germanium with front-end transimpedance amplifiers. The power monitors operate with signals as small as 10 nW, with errors below 0.2% and 2% at 1 and 0.1 ??W , respectively.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; integrated optoelectronics; optical waveguides; photodetectors; power measurement; silicon-on-insulator; Ge-Si; SOI chips; evaporated germanium; front-end transimpedance amplifiers; near-infrared Ge-on-Si power monitors; near-infrared waveguide photodetectors; silicon-on-insulator optical chips; Germanium; monolithic integration; near-infrared (NIR); photodetectors; power monitor;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2010.2043729
  • Filename
    5419105