High quantum efficiency and narrow absorption bandwidth of the wafer-fused resonant In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As photodetectors
- 1 July 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 6 (7) , 811-813
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.311462
Abstract
We demonstrate greater than 90% quantum efficiency in an In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As photodetector with a thin (900 /spl Aring/) absorbing layer. This was achieved by inserting the In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As/InP epitaxial layer into a microcavity composed of a GaAs/AlAs quarter-wavelength stack (QWS) and a Si/SiO/sub 2/ dielectric mirror. The 900-/spl Aring/-thick In/sub 0.53/Ga/sub 0.47/As layer was wafer fused to a GaAs/AlAs mirror, having nearly 100% power reflectivity. A Si/SiO/sub 2/ dielectric mirror was subsequently deposited onto the wafer-fused photodiode to form an asymmetric Fabry-Perot cavity. The external quantum efficiency and absorption bandwidth for the wafer-fused RCE photodiodes were measured to be 94/spl plusmn/3% and 14 nm, respectively. To our knowledge, these wafer-fused RCE photodetectors have the highest external quantum efficiency and narrowest absorption bandwidth ever reported on the long-wavelength resonant-cavity-enhanced photodetectors.<>Keywords
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