Abstract
Photodetectors are needed for future communications systems utilizing novel mid-infrared fiber materials with extremely low predicted losses in the 2–4-μm wavelength range. We report improved performance of front-illuminated Galn-AsSb/GaSb PIN homojunction photodiodes1 that operate with high speed and high quantum efficiency at room temperature. The photodiodes consist of a Zn-diffused homojunction 0.3 μm below the surface of a 3-μm thick layer of rt-type Ga0.82ln-0.18As0.17Sb0.83. This layer was grown by liquid-phase epitaxy on a GaSb substrate and doped with Sn to a level of n = 2.5 × 1015 cm-3. A partial metallization of the 100-μm diam mesa surface allows for front illumination of the chips, which are packaged as described in Ref. 2. The external quantum efficiency without antireflection coating is constant at 55–65 % for wavelengths up to 2.2 μm. At 1.06 μm the impulse response of the detector has a FWHM of 110 ps. At 1.3 μm it responds to pseudorandom modulation at bit rates up to 4 Gbit/s.
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