Ultra-fast germanium photodiode with 3-dB bandwidth of 265 GHz

S Lischke, A Peczek, JS Morgan, K Sun, D Steckler… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
On a scalable silicon technology platform, we demonstrate photodetectors matching or even
surpassing state-of-the-art III–V devices. As key components in high-speed optoelectronics …

Multi-micron silicon photonics platform for highly manufacturable and versatile photonic integrated circuits

AJ Zilkie, P Srinivasan, A Trita… - IEEE Journal of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe and characterize a multi-micron silicon photonics platform that was designed to
combine performance, power efficiency, manufacturability, and versatility for integrated …

67 GHz light-trapping-structure germanium photodetector supporting 240 Gb/s PAM-4 transmission

D Chen, H Zhang, M Liu, X Hu, Y Zhang, D Wu… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A light-trapping-structure vertical Ge photodetector (PD) is demonstrated. In the scheme, a 3
μm radius Ge mesa is fabricated to constrain the optical signal in the circular absorption …

TCAD-Assisted Progress on the Cisco Platform Toward Low-Bias 200 Gbit/s vertical-pin Ge-on-Si Waveguide Photodetectors

MGC Alasio, M Vallone, A Tibaldi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
We discuss the characterization and numerical simulation of vertical Ge-on-Si waveguide
photodetectors (VPIN WPDs) of the Cisco platform for data communications in the O-band () …

Modeling transient loss due to ionizing particles in silicon photonic waveguides

PS Goley, GM Maggioni, E Preisler… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A general, computationally efficient, physics-based model for the continuous time-domain
description of transient loss in silicon (Si) photonic waveguides due to impinging ionizing …

Alternative fabrication method for Ge-fin photodiodes with 3-dB bandwidths exceeding 110 GHz

S Lischke, J Jose, D Steckler, A Kroh… - 2024 IEEE Silicon …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present results of an alternative method for the fabrication of germanium fin photodiodes
to facilitate their integration into PIC and ePIC platforms. Therefore, process complexity as …

Multiphysics simulation and design of silicon photonics Ge-on-Si lateral pin waveguide photodetector

A Fronteddu - 2023 - webthesis.biblio.polito.it
This work presents a 3D multiphysics model to investigate a lateral Ge-on-Si waveguide
photodetector. The simulation is performed using commercial tools: Synopsys TCAD …

Enhancement of Sensitivity and Bandwidth of Waveguide Photodiodes by Multimode-Interference Waveguiding Structure

H Uemura, N Matsui, R Motoji… - 2023 IEEE Silicon …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We designed and characterized a photodiode with a multimode-interference waveguiding
structure. The photodiode with two light input ports showed high sensitivity, small junction …