Research Article

Microcavity Silicon Photodetectors at 1.55 μm

Table 4

Cavity parameters coming out from our simulations.

Peak responsivity [uA/W]Cavity finesse

Cu/p-Si photodiode with bottom reflectivity at 1550 nm of 0.3034.7
Cu/p-Si photodiode with bottom reflectivity at 1550 nm of 0.739.116.5
Cu/p-Si photodiode with bottom reflectivity at 1550 nm of 0.9819.989