Waveguide-integrated Si nano-photodiode with surface-plasmon antenna and its application to on-chip optical clock distribution

Junichi Fujikata*, Koichi Nose, Jun Ushida, Kenichi Nishi, Masao Kinoshita, Takanori Shimizu, Toshihide Ueno, Daisuke Okamoto, Akiko Gomyo, Masayuki Mizuno, Tai Tsuchizawa, Toshifumi Watanabe, Koji Yamada, Seiichi Itabashi, Keishi Ohashi

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Abstract

We developed a waveguide-integrated Si nano-photodiode (PD) with a surface plasmon (SP) antenna for on-chip optical clock distribution. The interfacial periodic nano-scale metal-semiconductor-metal Schottky electrodes were shown to function as an SP optical antenna and also as an optical coupler between a SiON waveguide and a very thin Si-absorption layer. Furthermore, a very high speed response of 17 ps as well as enhanced photoresponsivity was achieved for a 10-μ coupling length. By using this technology, we fabricated a prototype of a large-scale-integration (LSI) on-chip optical clock system and demonstrated 5 GHz of optical clock circuit operation connected with a 4-branching H-tree structure.

Original languageEnglish
Article number022001
JournalApplied Physics Express
Volume1
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008 Feb
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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