• 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