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図1は、本発明の第1の実施形態に係る光伝送装置1及び光モジュール2の構成を示す模式図である。光伝送装置1は、プリント回路基板11とIC12を備えている。光伝送装置1は、例えば、大容量のルータやスイッチである。光伝送装置1は、例えば交換機の機能を有しており、基地局などに配置される。光伝送装置1に、複数の光モジュール2が搭載されており、光モジュール2より受信用のデータ(受信用の電気信号)を取得し、IC12などを用いて、どこへ何のデータを送信するかを判断し、送信用のデータ(送信用の電気信号)を生成し、プリント回路基板11を介して、該当する光モジュール2へそのデータを伝達する。
図6は、本発明の第2の実施形態に係るフォトダイオード230の概略図である。当該実施形態に係るフォトダイオード230は裏面入射型の半導体受光素子であり、図6はその構成を模式的に示す断面図である。当該実施形態に係るフォトダイオード230は、半導体多層構造に、第1半導体吸収層(アンドープInGaAs吸収層211)とn型半導体コンタクト層(n型InPコンタクト層214)との間に配置されるアンドープInAlGaAs電子走行層238がさらに含まれる点で第1の実施形態と異なっているが、それ以外は第1の実施形態と同じ構造をしている。
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- p型電極と、
前記p型電極に接続するp型半導体コンタクト層と、
n型電極と、
前記n型電極に接続するn型半導体コンタクト層と、
前記p型半導体コンタクト層と前記n型半導体コンタクト層との間に配置される、光吸収層と、
を備える、半導体受光素子であって、
前記光吸収層は、
前記n型半導体コンタクト層側に配置され、厚さWdを有する第1半導体吸収層と、
前記第1半導体吸収層に接し、前記p型半導体コンタクト層側に配置され、厚さWpを有しp型にドープされる第2半導体吸収層と、
を含み、
前記第1半導体吸収層と前記第2吸収層とは同一組成で構成され、
前記第1半導体吸収層は、入力される光を吸収するバンドギャップエネルギーを有し、
前記p型電極と前記n型電極との間に所定の逆バイアス電圧が印加される場合に、前記第1半導体吸収層は空乏化し、前記第2半導体吸収層は前記第1半導体吸収層との界面近傍領域を除いて電荷中立条件を保ち、
厚さWdと厚みWpとの関係が、0.47≦Wp/(Wp+Wd)≦0.9である、
ことを特徴とする、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項1に記載の半導体受光素子であって、
前記第1半導体吸収層は前記n型半導体コンタクト層に接しており、
前記第2半導体吸収層は前記p型半導体コンタクト層に接しており、
厚さWdと厚みWpとの関係が、0.47≦Wp/(Wp+Wd)≦0.85である、
ことを特徴とする、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項1に記載の半導体受光素子であって、
前記第1半導体吸収層と前記n型半導体コンタクト層との間に配置される、半導体電子走行層を、さらに備え、
前記半導体電子走行層は、入力される光を吸収するバンドギャップエネルギーより大きく、光吸収層として機能しないバンドギャップエネルギーを有し、
前記p型電極と前記n型電極との間に所定の逆バイアス電圧が印加される場合に、前記半導体電子走行層は空乏化し、
厚さWdと厚みWpとの関係が、0.5≦Wp/(Wp+Wd)≦0.88である、
ことを特徴とする、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項3に記載の半導体受光素子であって、
前記第1半導体吸収層と前記半導体電子走行層との間に配置され、前記第1半導体吸収層のドーピング濃度及び前記半導体電子走行層のドーピング濃度のいずれよりも高いドーピング濃度の不純物が添加される半導体電界調整層を、
さらに備える、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項1乃至4のいずれかに記載の半導体受光素子であって、
III−V族化合物半導体で構成される半導体多層構造を有する、
ことを特徴とする、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項1乃至4のいずれかに記載の半導体受光素子であって、
前記第1半導体吸収層及び前記第2半導体吸収層がともに、InGaAs、InGaAsP、InAlGaAsからなる群より選択される1の組成によって構成される、
ことを特徴とする、半導体受光素子。 - 請求項1乃至6のいずれかに記載の半導体受光素子、を備える、光受信モジュール。
- 請求項7に記載の光受信モジュールと、
光送信モジュールと、
を備える、光モジュール。 - 請求項8に記載の光モジュールが搭載される、光伝送装置。
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