HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY AND NARROW ABSORPTION BANDWIDTH OF THE WAFER-FUSED RESONANT IN0.53GA0.47AS PHOTODETECTORS

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TAN, IH [1 ]
DUDLEY, JJ [1 ]
BABIC, DI [1 ]
COHEN, DA [1 ]
YOUNG, BD [1 ]
HU, EL [1 ]
BOWERS, JE [1 ]
MILLER, BI [1 ]
KOREN, U [1 ]
YOUNG, MG [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,HOLMDEL,NJ 07733
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10.1109/68.311462
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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We demonstrate greater than 90% quantum efficiency in an In0.53Ga0.47As photodetector with a thin (900 angstrom) absorbing layer. This was achieved by inserting the In0.53Ga0.47As/InP epitaxial layer into a microcavity composed of a GaAs/AlAs quarter-wavelength stack (QWS) and a Si/SiO2 dielectric mirror. The 900-angstrom-thick In0.53Ga0.47As layer was wafer fused to a GaAs/AlAs mirror, having nearly 100% power reflectivity. A Si/SiO2 dielectric mirror was subsequently deposited onto the wafer-fused photodiode to form an asymmetric Fabry-Perot cavity. The external quantum efficiency and absorption bandwidth for the wafer-fused RCE photodiodes were measured to be 94 +/- 3% and 14 nm, respectively. To our knowledge, these wafer-fused RCE photodetectors have the highest external quantum efficiency and narrowest absorption bandwidth ever reported on the long-wavelength resonant-cavity-enhanced photodetectors.
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