Title :
Hybrid-integrated germanium photodetector and CMOS receiver operating at 15 Gb/s
Author :
Lee, Benjamin G. ; Assefa, Solomon ; Schow, Clint L. ; Green, William M J ; Rylyakov, Alexander V. ; John, Richard A. ; Kash, Jeffrey A. ; Vlasov, Yurii A.
Author_Institution :
T.J. Watson Res. Center, IBM Res., Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A waveguide-integrated metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector is integrated with an analog 90-nm CMOS receiver. Error-free 15-Gb/s operation is achieved with an efficiency of 4.7 pJ/bit and a sensitivity of -8 dBm average power.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; elemental semiconductors; germanium; metal-semiconductor-metal structures; photodetectors; CMOS receiver; Ge; hybrid-integrated germanium photodetector; size 90 nm; waveguide-integrated metal-semiconductor-metal photodetector; CMOS integrated circuits; Germanium; High speed optical techniques; Optical receivers; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
