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Silicon microring resonator waveguide-based graphene photodetector

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Here we study and analyze the performance of a graphene-based photodetector integrated onto a silicon-on-insulator microring using optical and electrical simulations. The electrical simulation reveals the role of material interface losses and allows one to extract key behavioral parameters such as dark current, responsivity and bandwidth.

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  1. Computational Optics Research Group, Advanced Institute of Materials Science, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Iraj S. Amiri & P. Yupapin

  2. Faculty of Applied Sciences, Ton Duc Thang University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

    Iraj S. Amiri

  3. Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    M. M. Ariannejad

  4. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

    V. J. Sorger

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Amiri, I.S., Ariannejad, M.M., Sorger, V.J. et al. Silicon microring resonator waveguide-based graphene photodetector. Microsyst Technol 25, 319–328 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00542-018-3966-3

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