Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 20, Issue 6, 062501(2022)
Germanium-on-silicon avalanche photodiode for 1550 nm weak light signal detection at room temperature
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Yuxuan Li, Xiaobin Liu, Xuetong Li, Lanxuan Zhang, Baisong Chen, Zihao Zhi, Xueyan Li, Guowei Zhang, Peng Ye, Guanzhong Huang, Deyong He, Wei Chen, Fengli Gao, Pengfei Guo, Xianshu Luo, Guoqiang Lo, Junfeng Song, "Germanium-on-silicon avalanche photodiode for 1550 nm weak light signal detection at room temperature," Chin. Opt. Lett. 20, 062501 (2022)
Category: Optoelectronics
Received: Dec. 30, 2021
Accepted: Mar. 22, 2022
Posted: Apr. 27, 2022
Published Online: Apr. 29, 2022
The Author Email: Junfeng Song (songjf@jlu.edu.cn)