University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Resonant Cavity Enhanced Photodetectors and Optoelectronic Switches
Abstract
dc:descriptionDescribed in this thesis is an investigation of novel structures consisting of optoelectronic devices integrated into Fabry-Perot resonant cavities. The photosensitivity of conventional detectors is governed by the optical properties of the semiconductor material requiring thick absorption regions for high quantum efficiencies. It is desirable to enhance the quantum efficiency without increasing the active layer thickness to optimize the bandwidth. The resonant cavity enhanced (RCE) detection scheme can be used in many different detector designs to improve the device sensitivity without any detrimental effects on the device speed. This thesis examines the photosensitivity characteristics of RCE detectors and optoelectronic switches, both experimentally and theoretically.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Ph.D.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Dissertation
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Electrical Engineering
- Grantor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Year dc:date
- 2014
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Unlu, Mahmut Selim
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Morkoc, H.
Subjects
dc:subject × 3Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- (UMI)AAI9305721
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71986