Germanium Photodiodes - Temperature And Uniformity Effects

Robert Rickenbach; Paul Wendland

doi:10.1117/12.949608

19 November 1985 Germanium Photodiodes - Temperature And Uniformity Effects

Robert Rickenbach, Paul Wendland

Proceedings Volume 0559, Fiber Optics: Short-Haul and Long-Haul Measurements and Applications III; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949608
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

Longwave fiber optic systems require accurate power measurements in the spectral region from 1.0 to 1.6 microns. We have studied the characteristics of germanium photodiodes with the hope that these devices might achieve the accuracy, stability, and dynamic range in the longwave region that silicon photodiodes have achieved in the shortwave region.1'2 A natural concern is the effect of temperature on the performance of germanium photodiodes, since any long wavelength quantum photodetector, such as germanium, must necessarily have a small bandgap and thus a considerable and temperature variable number of thermally generated electron-hole pairs. Additionally, uniformity of response over the detector surface plays an important role in the accuracy of transfer calibrations.

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Robert Rickenbach and Paul Wendland "Germanium Photodiodes - Temperature And Uniformity Effects", Proc. SPIE 0559, Fiber Optics: Short-Haul and Long-Haul Measurements and Applications III, (19 November 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949608

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