AlGaAsSb APDs for 1550nm Lidar with High Sensitivity and Reliability

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Xiang, Wei; Zhang, Shiyong; Chen, Chen; Wu, Jiahao; Ding, Yun; Wang, Kai

Abstract:
We demonstrate AlGaAsSb APDs with gain of 127 and low excess noise factor of 4.0. Compared to commercial InP APDs in a 1550nm Lidar system, a 66% reduction of laser pulse energy is required for detection of objects at 220 metre distance at room temperature.