Open AccessHybrid ultrathin-silicon/graphene waveguide photodetector with a loop mirror reflector
Author(s) -
Li Jiang,
Yanlong Yin,
Jingshu Guo,
Chaoyue Liu,
Daoxin Dai
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.386103
Subject(s) - photodetector , materials science , responsivity , graphene , optoelectronics , photodetection , optics , silicon , silicon on insulator , waveguide , silicon photonics , nanotechnology , physics
Graphene has emerged as a promising solution for on-chip ultrafast photodetection for its advantages of easy integration, high mobility, adjustable chemical potential, and wide operation wavelength range. In order to realize high-performance photodetectors, it is very important to achieve efficient light absorption in the active region. In this work, a compact and high-speed hybrid silicon/graphene photodetector is proposed and demonstrated by utilizing an ultra-thin silicon photonic waveguide integrated with a loop mirror. With this design, the graphene absorption rate for the fundamental mode of TE polarization is improved by ∼5 times compared to that in the conventional hybrid silicon/graphene waveguide with h co =220 nm. One can achieve 80% light absorption ratio within the active-region length of only 20 µm for the present silicon/graphene waveguide photodetector at 1550 nm. For the fabricated device, the responsivity is about 25 mA/W under 0.3V bias voltage and the 3-dB bandwidth is about 17 GHz. It is expected to achieve very high bandwidth by introducing high-quality Al 2 O 3 insulator layers and reducing the graphene channel length in the future.