High performance silicon-based GeSn p–i–n photodetectors for short-wave infrared application*

Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2018YFB2200500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61675195, 61934007, and 61974170), Opened Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Integrated Optoelectronics, China (Grant No. IOSKL2018KF17), and Beijing Natural Science Foundation, China (Grant No. 4162063).

Zhao Yue1, 2, Wang Nan1, 2, Yu Kai1, 2, Zhang Xiaoming3, Li Xiuli1, 2, Zheng Jun1, 2, Xue Chunlai1, 2, Cheng Buwen1, 2, Li Chuanbo3, 4, †
       

(a) Top-view microscopic image of the GeSn photodetector. The mesa size is 200 μm in diameter. (b) Cross-sectional schematic of the top-illuminated GeSn photodetector structure along the black dash line shown in (a).