Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have drawn huge interest in recent years and have been
extensively used in a range of fields including the most important one—optical …

High-speed optical interconnects of data centers and high performance computers (HPC)
have become the rapid development direction in the field of optical communication owing to …

Integration of optical communication circuits directly into high-performance microprocessor
chips can enable extremely powerful computer systems. A germanium photodetector that …

Until the early 2000's, the avalanche photodiode (APD) was widely deployed in high-
performance optical receivers that operated up to 10 Gb/s. In subsequent years, the use of …

For high-bit-rate long-haul fiber optic communications, the avalanche photodiode (APD) is
frequently the photodetector of choice owing to its internal gain, which provides a sensitivity …

The development of high-performance optical receivers has been a primary driving force for
research on III-V compound avalanche photodiodes (APDs). The evolution of fiber optic …

Evolution of Low-Noise Avalanche Photodetectors Page 1 IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED
TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, VOL. 28, NO. 2, MARCH/APRIL 2022 3800911 …

We demonstrate low-voltage germanium waveguide avalanche photodetectors (APDs) with
a gain× bandwidth product above 100GHz. A photonic receiver based on such a Ge APD …

We demonstrate waveguide-integrated silicon-germanium avalanche photodiodes with a
maximum responsivity of 15.2 A/W at 16x avalanche gain, and 33 GHz bandwidth. Intensity …

InAlAs digital alloy avalanche photodiodes exhibit lower excess noise than those fabricated
from conventional random alloy material. Experiment and Monte Carlo simulation both show …