PIC-integrable high-responsivity germanium waveguide photodetector in the C + L band

Autor: XinYu Li, YuFei Liu, Ruogu Song, Chuan Li, ShuXiao Wang, WenCheng Yue, Zhijuan Tu, Xu Chen, Yan Cai, Wei Wang, MingBin Yu
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Optics Express. 31:3325
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.477776
Popis: We report the demonstration of a germanium waveguide p-i-n photodetector (PD) for the C + L band light detection. Tensile strain is transferred into the germanium layer using a SiN stressor on top surface of the germanium. The simulation and experimental results show that the trenches must be formed around the device, so that the strain can be transferred effectively. The device exhibits an almost flat responsivity with respect to the wavelength range from 1510 nm to 1630 nm, and high responsivity of over 1.1 A/W is achieved at 1625 nm. The frequency response measurement reveals that a high 3 dB bandwidth (f3dB) of over 50 GHz can be obtained. The realization of the photonic-integrated circuits (PIC)-integrable waveguide Ge PDs paves the way for future telecom applications in the C + L band.
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