Xie, S., Zhang, S. and Tan, C.H. (2015) InGaAs/InAlAs Avalanche Photodiode With Low Dark Current for High-Speed Operation. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 27 (16). 1745 - 1748. ISSN 1041-1135
Abstract
Waveguide InGaAs/InAlAs avalanche photodiodes (APDs) with high bandwidths (>40 GHz) and low dark current (<;50 nA at 90% of breakdown voltage) were demonstrated. The excess noise is low, corresponding to k ~ 0.2 line in the local excess noise model. Using these values bit error rate (BER) was calculated to assess the potential of our APDs. Calculated sensitivities of -21.5 dBm at 25 Gb/s and -14.2 dBm at 40 Gb/s are predicted for a BER of 10-10. Analysis showed that with lower amplifier noise, the low dark current and low excess noise from our APDs are necessary to optimize the sensitivity.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
Keywords: | Avalanche photodiodes bandwidth; bit-error-rate; receiver sensitivity at 25 Gb/s |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Dec 2015 15:27 |
Last Modified: | 30 Oct 2018 11:58 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2015.2439153 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/LPT.2015.2439153 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:92516 |