• DocumentCode
    159292
  • Title

    Low-voltage Ge avalanche photodetector for highly sensitive 10Gb/s Si photonics receivers

  • Author

    Chen, Huan Ting ; Verheyen, P. ; Rakowski, M. ; De Heyn, P. ; Lepage, G. ; De Coster, J. ; Absil, P. ; Roelkens, Gunther ; Van Campenhout, J.

  • Author_Institution
    IMEC, Leuven, Belgium
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    27-29 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    106
  • Lastpage
    107
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate low-voltage germanium waveguide avalanche photodetectors (APD) with gain-bandwidth product of 88GHz. A 7.1dB sensitivity improvement is demonstrated for an APD wire-bonded to a 10Gb/s CMOS transimpedance amplifier, at -6.2V APD bias.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optoelectronics; lead bonding; operational amplifiers; optical receivers; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; APD bias; APD wire-bonding; CMOS transimpedance amplifier; Ge-Si; bandwidth 88 GHz; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; gain-bandwidth product; highly sensitive photonics receivers; low-voltage germanium waveguide avalanche photodetectors; voltage -6.2 V; Bandwidth; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Sensitivity; Silicon; Avalanche photodetector; Optical interconnects; Silicon photonics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2014 IEEE 11th International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2282-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/Group4.2014.6961949
  • Filename
    6961949