Calculation of the impulse response of PIN and MUTC photodetectors using the drift-diffusion equations

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https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4718-6976
 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0269-8433

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2017-9-18

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Mahabadi, Seyed Ehsan Jamali, and Curtis R. Menyuk. “Calculation of the Impulse Response of PIN and MUTC Photodetectors Using the Drift-Diffusion Equations.” In Frontiers in Optics 2017 (2017), Paper JTu2A.53, JTu2A.53. Optica Publishing Group, 2017. https://doi.org/10.1364/FIO.2017.JTu2A.53.

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Shot noise
UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory
Photodetectors
Quantum efficiency
Roll to roll processing
Absorption coefficient
Fourier transforms
UMBC Optical Fiber Communications Laboratory
UMBC High Performance Computing Facility (HPCF)

Abstract

We calculate the impulse response of high-current PIN and MUTC photodetectors using the drift-diffusion equations, avoiding computationally-expensive Monte Carlo simulations. We then calculate the fundamental shot noise limit and cut-off frequency of the devices.