Vous êtes ici : Accueil > Integrated waveguide PIN photodiodes exploiting lateral Si/Ge/Si heterojunction

Publications

Integrated waveguide PIN photodiodes exploiting lateral Si/Ge/Si heterojunction

Publié le 29 mars 2018
Integrated waveguide PIN photodiodes exploiting lateral Si/Ge/Si heterojunction
Auteurs
Virot L., Benedikovic D., Szelag B., Alonso-Ramos C., Karakus B., Hartmann J.-M., Le Roux X., Crozat P., Cassan E., Marris-Morini D., Baudot C., Boeuf F., Fédéli J.-M., Kopp C., Vivien L.
Year2017-0399
Source-TitleOptics Express
Affiliations
Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, C2N – Orsay, Orsay Cedex, France, University Grenoble Alpes and CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex, France, STMicroelectronics, Silicon Technology Development, Crolles, France
Abstract
Germanium photodetectors are considered to be mature components in the silicon photonics device library. They are critical for applications in sensing, communications, or optical interconnects. In this work, we report on design, fabrication, and experimental demonstration of an integrated waveguide PIN photodiode architecture that calls upon lateral double Silicon/Germanium/Silicon (Si/Ge/Si) heterojunctions. This photodiode configuration takes advantage of the compatibility with contact process steps of silicon modulators, yielding reduced fabrication complexity for transmitters and offering high-performance optical characteristics, viable for high-speed and efficient operation near 1.55 ?m wavelengths. More specifically, we experimentally obtained at a reverse voltage of 1V a dark current lower than 10 nA, a responsivity higher than 1.1 A/W, and a 3 dB opto-electrical cut-off frequency over 50 GHz. The combined benefits of decreased process complexity and high-performance device operation pave the way towards attractive integration strategies to deploy cost-effective photonic transceivers on silicon-on-insulator substrates. © 2017 Optical Society of America.
Author-Keywords
 
Index-Keywords
Cost effectiveness, Photodiodes, Photonic devices, Photonics, Silicon on insulator technology, Waveguides, Experimental demonstrations, High performance devices, Integrated waveguides, Integration strategy, Optical characteristics, Photodiode configuration, Process complexity, Silicon-on-insulator substrates, Heterojunctions
ISSN10944087
Lien vers articleLink

Go back to list