FABRICATION OF INP/INGAAS PHOTODIODES FOR HIGH BIT RATE COMMUNICATION BY REACTIVE ION ETCHING

被引:9
作者
SETO, M
DERI, RJ
SCHIAVONE, LM
BHAT, R
SOOLE, JBD
SCHUMACHER, H
ANDREADAKIS, NC
KOZA, M
机构
[1] Bell Communications Research, 331 Newman Springs Road Red Bank
[2] University of Ulm, PO Box 4066
关键词
PHOTODIODES; DIODES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;
D O I
10.1049/el:19910571
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
It is shown that reactive ion etching can be used for mesa etching and selfaligned contact cap removal in InP/InGaAs photodiode fabrication, without inducing unacceptable diode leakage currents. Mesa diodes with approximately 100 nA leakage, 90% quantum efficiency, and 12 GHz bandwidth at 5 V bias and 1.3-mu-m wavelength, and pairs and quadruplets of such detectors for coherent lightwave systems are demonstrated.
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页码:911 / 913
页数:3
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