• DocumentCode
    3202627
  • Title

    Waveguide-integrated Germanium avalanche photodetector for low-noise and high-speed operation

  • Author

    Assefa, Solomon ; Xia, Fengnian ; Vlasov, Yurii A.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    1-3 Sept. 2010
  • Firstpage
    319
  • Lastpage
    319
  • Abstract
    A waveguide-integrated Germanium avalanche photodetector with 10dB gain and excess-noise factor with keff below 0.2 was demonstrated. Gain-bandwidth-product of 350GHz was achieved at 3V. The single-crystalline Ge waveguide was integrated utilizing rapid melt growth technique.
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; crystal growth from melt; elemental semiconductors; germanium; integrated optics; optical waveguides; photodetectors; Ge; gain 10 dB; high-speed operation; low-noise operation; rapid melt growth technique; single crystalline waveguide; voltage 3 V; waveguide integrated avalanche photodetector; Bandwidth; Gain measurement; Germanium; Noise; Optical interconnections; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Group IV Photonics (GFP), 2010 7th IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6344-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/GROUP4.2010.5643341
  • Filename
    5643341
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3202627