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    Fabrication and characterization of high speed resonant cavity enhanced Schottky photodiodes
    (1996) Islam, M. Saiful
    High speed, high external quantum efficiency and narrow spectral linewidth make resonant cavity enhanced (RC E) Schottky photodetector a good candidate for telecommunication applications. In this thesis, we present our work for the design, fabrication and characterization of a RCE Schottky photodiode with high quantum efficiency and high speed. We present experimental results on a RCE photodiode having an operating wavelength of 900 nm. The absorption takes place in a thin InGaAs layer placed inside the GaAs cavity. The active region was grown above a highreflectivity GaAs/AIAs quarter-wavelength Bragg reflector. The top mirror consisted of a 200A thin Au layer which also acted as Schottky metal of the device. An external quantum efficiency of 55% was obtained from our devices. We demonstrate that the spectral response can be tailored by etching the top surface of the microcavity. Our high speed measurements yielded a FW HM of 30 ps, which is the record response for any RCE Schottky photodiode ever reported.