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APD direct detection receiver OEIC operating 14.1 dB above the shot noise quantum limit.
Simon Michael Laube, Christoph Gasser, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein, Horst Zimmermann
Published: 202510.1364/OE.577195
Abstract
This paper presents a highly-sensitive direct detection receiver optoelectronic integrated circuit (OEIC) with a dot-cathode avalanche photodiode (APD) in 180 nm high-voltage CMOS. Experimental sensitivity results of the APD receiver are compared to…
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