High efficiency pin waveguide photodetectors
                
                        
                        ABID KARIM1,*
                            
                        
                    
                    Affiliation
                    
                        
                        - Iqra University, Defence View, Shaheed-e-Millat Road (Ext.), Karachi, Pakistan
 
                        
                    
                     
        
        Abstract
        A waveguide photodetector (WGPD) is very attractive device for future optical communication systems and optoelectronic
integrated circuits (OEIC) because the wide bandwidth operation at higher quantum efficiencies can be obtained. Also, these
devices have advantage of packaging technology, since waveguide structure, which is similar to laser structure, is suitable for
planar OEIC. Furthermore, it can be operated under zero-bias and biased conditions. In this paper, the performance of
zero-bias and biased pin waveguide photodetector is compared with respect to internal quantum efficiency and internal
quantum efficiencies as high as 105% are achieved.
        Keywords
        Waveguide photodetector, Internal quantum efficiency, Photodetection, Pn-junction photodiodes.
        Citation
        ABID KARIM, High efficiency pin waveguide photodetectors, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 3, 11, November 2009, pp.1151-1154 (2009).
        Submitted at: July 3, 2009
 
        Accepted at: Oct. 29, 2009