Theoretical and experimental study on waveguide avalanche photodiodes with an undepleted absorption layer for 25-Gb/s operation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 153-161

  Shiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakata, Takeshi ^a   Takeuchi, Takeshi ^a   Kasahara, Kenichi ^b   Makita, Kikuo ^c  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

25 Gb s; Avalanche photodiodes (APDs); frequency response; reliability; waveguide photodiode

Indexed keywords

25-GB/S; ABSORPTION LAYER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH RELIABILITY; HIGH-SPEED PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLICATION FACTOR; RESPONSIVITY; WAVEGUIDE PHOTODIODE; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

ABSORPTION; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; PHOTODIODES; RELIABILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 78651302963     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2096498     Document Type: Article

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