Extremely Low Noise APD with InAs/AlAs Atomic Layer Superlattice

Konferenz: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
22.09.2024-26.09.2024 in Frankfurt, Germany

Tagungsband: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Takemura, Ryota; Yamaguchi, Harunaka; Tsubouchi, Daiki; Fujihara, Ryota; Niwa, Akitsugu; Ishimura, Eitaro; Nishikawa, Satoshi; Tokizaki, Shinya; Miyazaki, Yasunori

Inhalt:
This paper proposes an extremely low-noise APD structure with thin-film multiplication layers suitable for optical communications, using an atomic-scale InAs/AlAs layered structure (superlattice). Ionization rate ratio as low as 0.01 and excess noise factor of 1.9 at a multiplication factor of 10 are achieved.