EDGE-ILLUMINATED REFRACTING-FACET PHOTODIODE WITH HIGH RESPONSIVITY AND LOW-OPERATION VOLTAGE

Authors
FUKANO H KOZEN A KATO K NAKAJIMA O
Citation
H. Fukano et al., EDGE-ILLUMINATED REFRACTING-FACET PHOTODIODE WITH HIGH RESPONSIVITY AND LOW-OPERATION VOLTAGE, Electronics Letters, 32(25), 1996, pp. 2346-2348
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
32
Issue
25
Year of publication
1996
Pages
2346 - 2348
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1996)32:25<2346:ERPWHR>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
The authors propose a novel edge-illuminated refracting-facet photodio de (RFPD), where the incident light parallel to the upside surface is refracted at an angled facet and absorbed in a thin absorption layer. Fabricated RFPDs with an absorption layer thickness of 1.5 mu m show a responsivity as high as 0.96 A/W even at a bias voltage of 0.5 V for a flat-ended singlemode fibre.