CMOS-Integrated low-noise germanium waveguide avalanche photodetector operating at 40Gbps

Solomon Assefa, Fengnian Xia, Yurii A. Vlasov

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Abstract

Germanium waveguide avalanche photodiode with 10dB gain and excess noise factor with keff below 0.2 was demonstrated. Gain-bandwidth-product above 350GHz was achieved at voltages around 3V. The avalanche photodetector was monolithically integrated into front-end CMOS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010 - San Diego, CA, United States
Duration: Mar 21 2010Mar 25 2010

Publication series

Name2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010

Other

Other2010 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, OFC/NFOEC 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego, CA
Period3/21/103/25/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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