DocumentCode
3204097
Title
Step waveguide design for efficient coupling to integrated Ge/Si avalanche photodetectors
Author
Wang, Xiaoxin ; Liu, Jifeng
Author_Institution
Thayer Sch. of Eng., Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, NH, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
1-3 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
99
Lastpage
101
Abstract
We report a new step waveguide design for efficient coupling with integrated Ge/Si avalanche photodetectors, which offers high responsivity with a short horizontal absorption length.
Keywords
germanium; integrated optics; optical waveguides; photodetectors; silicon; Ge-Si; integrated avalanche photodetectors; short horizontal absorption length; step waveguide design; Absorption; Couplings; Electric fields; Finite difference methods; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Silicon;
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/GROUP4.2010.5643415
Filename
5643415
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