GaInAsSb Detectors And Lasers For Mid-Infrared Optical Communications

J. L. Zyskind; C. A. Burrus; C. Caneau; A. G. Dentai; M. A. Pollack; A. K. Srivastava; J. E. Bowers; J. C. DeWinter

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14 January 1987 GaInAsSb Detectors And Lasers For Mid-Infrared Optical Communications

J. L. Zyskind; C. A. Burrus; C. Caneau; A. G. Dentai; M. A. Pollack; A. K. Srivastava; J. E. Bowers; J. C. DeWinter

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Proceedings Volume 0722, Components for Fiber Optic Applications; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937666
Event: Cambridge Symposium-Fiber/LASE '86, 1986, Cambridge, MA, United States

Abstract

Room-temperature Ga0.82 InO.18As0.17Sb0.83/GaSb photodiodes have been fabricated for use at wavelengths to 2.3μpm. Back-illuminated heterojunction p-n photodiodes show high external quantum efficiency (65%) for wavelengths between 1.8 and 2.3 μm. Front-illuminated pin homojunction photodiodes have an impulse response of 110 ps and respond to pseudorandom modulation at rates as high as 4 Gbit/s. Double heterostructure Ga0.841n0.16As0.15Sb0.85/A10.34Ga0.66As0.04Sb0.96 lasers have pulsed threshold current densities as low as 3.5 kA/cm2 at room temperature and operate cw at temperatures of up to 235K.

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J. L. Zyskind, C. A. Burrus, C. Caneau, A. G. Dentai, M. A. Pollack, A. K. Srivastava, J. E. Bowers, and J. C. DeWinter "GaInAsSb Detectors And Lasers For Mid-Infrared Optical Communications", Proc. SPIE 0722, Components for Fiber Optic Applications, (14 January 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.937666

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