Record high bandwidth integrated graphene photodetectors for communication beyond 180 Gb/s

26 Apr 2018 · Schall Daniel, Pallecchi Emiliano, Ducournau Guillaume, Avramovic Vanessa, Otto Martin, Neumaier Daniel ·

We report on the fastest silicon waveguide integrated photodetectors with a bandwidth larger than 128 GHz for ultrafast optical communication. The photodetectors are based on CVD graphene that is compatible to wafer scale production methods.