• DocumentCode
    2602389
  • Title

    High speed resonant cavity enhanced Ge photodetectors on Si reflecting substrates for 1550 nm operation

  • Author

    Dosunmu, O.I. ; Emsley, M.K. ; Ünlü, M.S. ; Cannon, D.D. ; Kimerling, L.C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4-6 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    266
  • Lastpage
    268
  • Abstract
    We have fabricated high-speed resonant-cavity-enhanced Ge-on-SOI photodetectors, operating at 1550 nm and demonstrating a 3 dB bandwidth of 12.8 GHz. When optimized, these high-speed detectors should exhibit a quantum efficiency of 75% at 1550 nm.
  • Keywords
    elemental semiconductors; germanium; infrared detectors; optical communication equipment; photodetectors; silicon-on-insulator; 12.8 GHz; 1550 nm; 3 dB; 75 percent; Ge; Ge-on-SOI photodetectors; Si; Si reflecting substrates; high-speed detectors; quantum efficiency; resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Data communication; Detectors; Industrial electronics; Materials science and technology; Optical fiber communication; Photodetectors; Resonance; Substrates;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Photonics, 2004. MWP'04. 2004 IEEE International Topical Meeting on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8491-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWP.2004.1396892
  • Filename
    1396892