• Photonics Research
  • Vol. 12, Issue 1, 1 (2024)
Yang Shi1、†, Xiang Li2、†, Mingjie Zou1, Yu Yu1、3、5、*, and Xinliang Zhang1、3、4、6、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics & School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 2School of Mechanical Engineering and Electronic Information, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 3Optics Valley Laboratory, Wuhan 430074, China
  • 4Xidian University, Xi’an 710126, China
  • 5e-mail: yuyu@mail.hust.edu.cn
  • 6e-mail: xlzhang@mail.hust.edu.cn
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    Yang Shi, Xiang Li, Mingjie Zou, Yu Yu, Xinliang Zhang. 103 GHz germanium-on-silicon photodiode enabled by an optimized U-shaped electrode[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 1 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Yang Shi, Xiang Li, Mingjie Zou, Yu Yu, Xinliang Zhang. 103 GHz germanium-on-silicon photodiode enabled by an optimized U-shaped electrode[J]. Photonics Research, 2024, 12(1): 1
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