Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 3, 031301(2022)

Quasi-resonant cavity enhanced photodetector with a subwavelength grating

Gongqing Li, Xiaofeng Duan*, Weifang Yuan, Yongqing Huang, Kai Liu, and Xiaomin Ren
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  • State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
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    (a) Schematic structure and (b) schematic layout of the QRCE-PD.
    Reflectivity of the FPC as a function of wavelength at normal incidence (black solid line) and as a function of incident angle at the 1550 nm wavelength (red dash dot line).
    (a) Electric field intensity distribution and (b) structure parameters of the SWG reflector.
    (a) Equivalent inclined-ridge cavity structure of the QRCE-PD and (b) schematic diagram of forming region 1 by multiple mutual mirroring.
    Equivalent multi-region F-P cavity structure of the QRCE-PD, which forms a multi-region RCE-PDs structure together with a built-in photodetector.
    (a) Normalized electric field intensity distribution and region distribution of the QRCE-PD. (b) Simulated spectral response of QRCE-PD, conventional RCE-PD, and p-i-n photodetector.
    Spectral response of QRCE-PD when tuning the refractive index of the cavity layer of the FPC.
    Frequency response of the embedded p-i-n photodiode at -3 V bias.
    • Table 1. Layer Structure of the Embedded p-i-n Photodiode

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      Table 1. Layer Structure of the Embedded p-i-n Photodiode

      NameMaterialDoping (cm3)Thickness (nm)
      P layerInGaAsP3 × 1018300
      Absorption layerInGaAs1 × 1015400
      Spacing layerInGaAsP2 × 10151500
      N layerInP3 × 1018300
    • Table 2. Theoretical Parameters of Each Absorption Region

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      Table 2. Theoretical Parameters of Each Absorption Region

      Region mWidth (μm)kmηm
      11.120.0670.663
      22.230.1340.887
      33.330.2010.962
      44.430.2670.987
      55.510.3320.996
      Total width16.62Total η0.950
    • Table 3. Performance Parameters of Different Long Wavelength Devices

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      Table 3. Performance Parameters of Different Long Wavelength Devices

      ParameterRCE[11]Taper cavity[5]Multi-cavities RCE[15]QRCE
      Absorber thickness (nm)300300350400
      Linewidth (nm)Theoretical0.50.12
      Experimental>600.60.75
      Tuning range (nm)Theoretical28
      Experimental10.2
      Quantum efficiencyTheoretical80%93.2%
      Experimental59%70%70%
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    Gongqing Li, Xiaofeng Duan, Weifang Yuan, Yongqing Huang, Kai Liu, Xiaomin Ren, "Quasi-resonant cavity enhanced photodetector with a subwavelength grating," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 031301 (2022)

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Nov. 10, 2021

    Accepted: Dec. 2, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 11, 2022

    The Author Email: Xiaofeng Duan (xfduan@bupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202220.031301

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