• DocumentCode
    521560
  • Title

    Waveguide-integrated low-noise Germanium avalanche photodetector with 6dB sensitivity improvement

  • Author

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

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A waveguide-integrated Germanium avalanche photodetector with 6dB sensitivity improvement and excess noise with keff ∼ 0.1 was demonstrated while operating with 12dB gain at around 3V bias voltage. The photodetector was monolithically integrated into front-end CMOS.
  • Keywords
    Bit error rate; Gain measurement; Germanium; Optical attenuators; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Photodetectors; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5501248
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=521560