Publication: High performance of a SOI-based lateral PIN photodiode using SiGe/Si multilayer quantum well
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2012
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Menon P.S.
Tasirin S.K.
Ahmad I.
Abdullah S.F.
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Silicon-on-insulator (SOI) based SiGe quantum well infrared pin photodiode has the potential of being a serious candidate for applications in sensing applications as well as in optical fiber communications. The present work investigates the performance of a virtual lateral PIN photodiode with a SiGe/Si multi-quantum well structure. In this paper, 5 periods of stacked SiGe quantum wells were grown on Si(100). A lateral PIN photodiode consisting of the SiGe/Si multi-quantum well layers as the active absorption layer with intensity response in the 700-1600 nm wavelength range was demonstrated. The results obtained for responsivity, total quantum efficiency and frequency response were 0.89 A/W, 71% and 21 GHz respectively for design parameters of intrinsic region length of 6 ?m, photoabsorption layer thickness of 50 ?m, incident optical power of 1 mW/cm2 and bias voltage of 3 V. As a conclusion, the SiGe/Si multi-quantum well solution in achieving the desired high performance photodiode was achieved. � 2012 IEEE.
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PIN photodiode , SiGe/Si multi quantum well (MQW) , Silvaco , SOI , Diodes , Frequency response , Photodiodes , Active-absorption , Design parameters , Lateral PIN photodiodes , Layer thickness , Multi-quantum well structures , Multiquantum wells , Optical power , Photoabsorptions , Pin photodiode , Responsivity , Sensing applications , Si(1 0 0) , SiGe quantum wells , SiGe/Si , Silicon-on-insulators , Silvaco , SOI , Wavelength ranges , Semiconductor quantum wells