Alignment tolerance enlargement of a high-speed photodiode by a self-positioned microball lens

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 112-114

  Huang, Yun Hsun ^a   Yang, Chih Chao ^a   Peng, Te Chin ^a   Wu, Meng Chyi ^a   Ho, Chong Long ^b   Ho, Wen Jeng ^b  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

10 Gb s; InGaAs; Microball lens; P i n photodiode; Socket

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; MICROLENSES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

DIODE EFFICIENCY; MICROBALL LENS; ON-CHIP BALL-LENS SOCKET; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; SELF-POSITIONING PROCESS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33947628823     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.860020     Document Type: Article

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