Guided Wave Optics and Photonic Devices

9	Silicon-Based Detectors and Sources for Optoelectronic Devices Rajkumar Singha* and Samit K. Ray Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

*  Currently with: Department of Applied Physics S. V. National Institute of Technology, Surat

CONTENTS

9.1    Silicon-Based Photodetectors

9.1.1    Introduction

9.1.2    Types of Optical Detectors

9.1.3    Characteristics of Photon Detectors

9.1.4    Types of Photodetectors

9.1.4.1    Photoconductors

9.1.4.2    Photodiodes

9.1.4.3    Avalanche Photodiodes

9.1.4.4    QW IR Photodetectors

9.1.4.5    Quantum-Dot Infrared Photodetectors

9.2    Epitaxial Growth for Fabrication of Optical Devices

9.2.1    Chemical Vapour Deposition

9.2.2    Molecular Beam Epitaxy

9.2.3    Heteroepitaxial Growth

9.3    Silicon-Based ...