Title :
Novel electrically controlled rapidly wavelength selective photodetection using MSMs
Author :
Chen, Ray ; Miller, David A B ; Ma, Kai ; Harris, James S., Jr.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a novel MSM (metal-semiconductor-metal) based wavelength tunable photodetector with 2.5 ns wavelength-switching access time, 20.1 dB on/off contrast, discrimination between two 179 GHz spaced WDM channels, with ±1.65 V switching voltage.
Keywords :
channel spacing; electro-optical devices; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; optical communication equipment; optical switches; photodetectors; wavelength division multiplexing; 179 GHz; 2.5 ns; MSM; WDM channel spacing; metal-semiconductor-metal; wavelength tunable photodetector; wavelength-switching access time; Detectors; Electrodes; Fingers; Interference; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Photodetectors; Tunable circuits and devices; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363233
