RCE photodetectors based on VCSEL structures

T. Knodl, H.K.H. Choy, J.L. Pan, R. King, R. Jager, G. Lullo, J.F. Ahadian, R.J. Ram, C.G. Fonstad, K.J. Ebeling
1999 IEEE Photonics Technology Letters  
We have fabricated vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) based top illuminating resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) detectors simply by partially removing top mirror pairs of a VCSEL structure by wet-chemical or dry etching. The observed maximum quantum efficiency is 73 % with a spectral full width half maximum (FWHM) of about 1.7 nm. This particular RCE detector was fabricated by etching away eight top mirror pairs of a VCSEL structure, with 15.5 top mirror pairs remaining. The widest
more » ... sured FWHM is 6.5 nm with a peak efficiency of 36 % in the case of 4.5 top mirror pairs remaining. An increase in the 3 dB detector bandwidth up to 2.8 GHz could be observed by reducing the active device diameter from 90 m to 20 m.
doi:10.1109/68.789720 fatcat:pymxqohbm5donobkrvwyuqw2ga