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Ultra-compact integrated silicon photonics balanced coherent photodetector

In this paper, the performance simulations of a novel ultra-compact balanced coherent photodetector for operation at a wavelength of 1.5 mu m are presented and design proposals for future fabrication processes are provided. It consists of a compact 2x2 MMI that is evanescently coupled into a germanium MSM photodetection layer. The simulations demonstrate dark current less than 10 nA, capacitance less than 20 fF, and optical bandwidth in the 10-30 GHz range. We propose utilizing the simplicity of direct wafer bonding to bond the detection layer to the output waveguides to avoid complicated epitaxial growth issues. This ultra-compact device shows promise as a high-speed, low-cost integrated silicon photonics solution for the telecommunications infrastructure.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/621797
Date13 February 2016
CreatorsMeyer, Jason T., Fallahi, Mahmoud
ContributorsUniv Arizona, Coll Opt Sci
PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Source SetsUniversity of Arizona
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle
Rights© 2016 SPIE
Relationhttp://proceedings.spiedigitallibrary.org/proceeding.aspx?doi=10.1117/12.2213359

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