Waveguide-Integrated Ge p-i-n Photodetectors on SOI Platform

We demonstrate a fully CMOS processed Ge p-i-n photodetector integrated with a Si waveguide on a SOI platform with a high responsivity of 1.0 A/W at lambda=1520 nm, and a 3 dB bandwidth of >4.5 GHz measured at lambda=1550 nm