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Si<b>/</b>SiO2 resonant cavity photodetector
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1996
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PhotonicsEngineeringHigh SpeedPhotodetectorsApplied PhysicsSecondary Grain GrowthSemiconductor Device FabricationOptoelectronic DevicesIntegrated CircuitsPhotoelectric MeasurementPhotonic DeviceOptoelectronicsOptical DevicesGesi/si Resonant-cavity Photodiodes
It has been shown earlier that GeSi/Si resonant-cavity photodiodes can achieve high speed without sacrificing quantum efficiency. In this letter, we report a Si-based resonant-cavity photodiode that utilizes a Si/SiO2 Bragg reflector. This structure is more compatible with standard Si processing technology than the GeSi/Si resonant-cavity photodiodes. The absorbing region is a 1-μm-thick polysilicon layer that has been annealed to enhance secondary grain growth and the bottom mirror consists of three quarter-wavelength pairs of Si and SiO2. After annealing the dark current was 9 μA at 1 V, the peak quantum efficiency was 44%, and the bandwidth was ≳1.4 GHz.