Germanium metal-semiconductor-metal photodetectors evanescently coupled with upper-level silicon oxynitride dielectric waveguides

We demonstrate Ge-on-Si metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetectors monolithically integrated with silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) waveguides. The waveguide is placed on top of the photodetector and between the metal electrodes, evading the shading effect by metal electrodes, which is typical in surf...

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Autores: ALFONSO TORRES JACOME, Ignacio Enrique Zaldívar Huerta
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/2382
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/2382
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Dielectric waveguides
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Electrodes
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Elemental semiconductors
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Ge-Si alloys
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Metal-semiconductor-metal structures
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Photodetectors
info:eu-repo/classification/Inspec/Silicon compounds
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2203
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Sumario:We demonstrate Ge-on-Si metal-semiconductor-metal (MSM) photodetectors monolithically integrated with silicon oxynitride (SiOxNy) waveguides. The waveguide is placed on top of the photodetector and between the metal electrodes, evading the shading effect by metal electrodes, which is typical in surface-illuminated MSM photodetectors. The devices showed responsivity of about 0.45 A/W for 80 μm long devices at 1550 nm. The photodetector with 1.5 μm electrode spacing showed 3 dB bandwidth of 2.0 GHz at -2V and 2 μA dark current. Further studies suggest that with a modified design the structure is capable of achieving 1 A/W responsivity and greater bandwidth. © 2012 American Institute of Physics. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4773212]