25-Gb/s 1310-nm Optical Receiver Based on a Sub-5-V Waveguide-Coupled Germanium Avalanche Photodiode

IEEE Photonics Journal

卷:7

X. Yin¹  B. Moeneclaey¹  J. Bauwelinck¹  G. Roelkens²  J. Verbist²  J. Van Campenhout³  P. De Heyn³  P. Verheyen³  P. Absil³  G. Lepage³  J. De Coster³  H. T. Chen³ 

[1] Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium;

[2] IMEC, Dept. of Inf. Technol., Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium;

[3] Interuniv. Microelectron. Center (IMEC), Leuven, Belgium;

关键词: Avalanche photodetectors;    Silicon photonics;    Optical interconnects;   

DOI  :  10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2460116

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

We demonstrate low-voltage waveguide-coupled germanium avalanche photodetectors (APDs) with a (wafer-scale mean) gain×bandwidth product of 140 GHz at -5 V by utilizing a 185-nm-thick Ge layer. An optical receiver based on such an APD operating up to 25 Gb/s is demonstrated.

【 授权许可】

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