Ge photodetectors integrated in CMOS photonic circuits

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6898, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Masini, G ^a   Sahni, S ^a   Capellini, G ^b   Witzens, J ^a   White, J ^a   Song, D ^a   Gunn, C ^a  

^a CISCO SYSTEMS   (United States)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ge detectors; Near infrared; Optical communications; Si optoelectronics; Waveguide detectors

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; GERMANIUM; NONMETALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONICS; SILICON; TECHNOLOGY;

CMOS TECHNOLOGIES; HIGH SPEEDS; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATIONS; NEAR INFRA-RED (NIR); OPTICAL SIGNALLING; PHOTONIC CIRCUITS; SILICON PHOTONICS; WAVEGUIDE PHOTO DETECTORS;

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 42149172498     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.767035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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