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Photonics Research
Vol. 7, Issue 4, 437 (2019)

25 Gbps low-voltage hetero-structured silicon-germanium waveguide pin photodetectors for monolithic on-chip nanophotonic architectures

Daniel Benedikovic^1、*, Léopold Virot², Guy Aubin¹, Farah Amar¹, Bertrand Szelag², Bayram Karakus², Jean-Michel Hartmann², Carlos Alonso-Ramos¹, Xavier Le Roux¹, Paul Crozat¹, Eric Cassan¹, Delphine Marris-Morini¹, Charles Baudot³, Frédéric Boeuf³, Jean-Marc Fédéli², Christophe Kopp², and Laurent Vivien¹

Author Affiliations

¹Centre de Nanosciences et de Nanotechnologies, CNRS, University of Paris-Sud, Université Paris-Saclay, C2N–Palaiseau, 91120 Palaiseau, France

²University Grenoble Alpes and CEA, LETI, Minatec Campus, F-38054 Grenoble, Grenoble Cedex, France

³Technology R&D, STMicroelectronics SAS, 850 rue Jean Monnet–38920 Crolles, France

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Daniel Benedikovic, Léopold Virot, Guy Aubin, Farah Amar, Bertrand Szelag, Bayram Karakus, Jean-Michel Hartmann, Carlos Alonso-Ramos, Xavier Le Roux, Paul Crozat, Eric Cassan, Delphine Marris-Morini, Charles Baudot, Frédéric Boeuf, Jean-Marc Fédéli, Christophe Kopp, Laurent Vivien. 25 Gbps low-voltage hetero-structured silicon-germanium waveguide pin photodetectors for monolithic on-chip nanophotonic architectures[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(4): 437 Copy Citation Text

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Daniel Benedikovic, Léopold Virot, Guy Aubin, Farah Amar, Bertrand Szelag, Bayram Karakus, Jean-Michel Hartmann, Carlos Alonso-Ramos, Xavier Le Roux, Paul Crozat, Eric Cassan, Delphine Marris-Morini, Charles Baudot, Frédéric Boeuf, Jean-Marc Fédéli, Christophe Kopp, Laurent Vivien. 25 Gbps low-voltage hetero-structured silicon-germanium waveguide pin photodetectors for monolithic on-chip nanophotonic architectures[J]. Photonics Research, 2019, 7(4): 437

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