Resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCE-PDs): structure, material, analysis and optimization

Yasser M. El-Batawy; M. Jamal Deen

doi:10.1117/12.482484

1 July 2003 Resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCE-PDs): structure, material, analysis and optimization

Yasser M. El-Batawy, M. Jamal Deen

Proceedings Volume 4999, Quantum Sensing: Evolution and Revolution from Past to Future; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482484
Event: Integrated Optoelectronics Devices, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCE-PDs) are promising candidates for applications in high-speed optical communications and interconnections. In these high-speed photodetectors, both high bandwidth and high external quantum efficiency can be achieved simultaneously because of the multipaths of the incident light due to the presence of the Fabry-Perot cavity into which the photodetector is inserted. In this paper, state-of-the-art RCE-PDs are discussed. Different structures of the RCE-PDs such as RCE-PIN, RCE-APD, and RCE-MSM PDs are presented and discussed. The material requirements for the RCE PDs with different material system compositions for the different structures and different wavelengths of the incident light that the photodetectors are sensitive to, are discussed. An overview of the analysis and a SPICE model of the RCE-PDs will be presented. These analyses include the calculations of quantum efficiency, (QE), impulse response and frequency response of RCE-PDs. These analyses are sensitive to the standing wave effect (SWE) and to carrier diffusion, and both effects are studied. Optimization procedures for the design of ultrafast RCE-PDs will be presented, showing how the QE, bandwidth and speed of these photodetectors can be improved by adjusting the parameters of both the cavity and the photodetector itself. Finally, comparisons to experimental results and a survey of the performance of state-of-the-art of RCE-PDs will be presented.

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Yasser M. El-Batawy and M. Jamal Deen "Resonant cavity enhanced photodetectors (RCE-PDs): structure, material, analysis and optimization", Proc. SPIE 4999, Quantum Sensing: Evolution and Revolution from Past to Future, (1 July 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.482484

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