Silicon photonic resonator-enhanced defectmediated photodiode for sub-bandgap detection

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14671-14678

  Doylend, J K ^a   Jessop, P E ^a   Knights, A P ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ION IMPLANTATION; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONIC DEVICES; WAVEGUIDES;

COUPLED RESONATOR; III-V MATERIALS; INTEGRATED POWER; MICRORING RESONATOR; RING RESONATOR; SILICON WAVEGUIDE; SMALL DETECTORS; WAVEGUIDE PHOTODIODES;

SILICON PHOTONICS;

EID: 84886947428     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014671     Document Type: Article

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