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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Bae Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Inventors:
Andrew T S Pomerene, Leesburg, VA (US);
Vu A. Vu, Falls Church, VA (US);
Robert L. Kamocsai, Manassas, VA (US);
Assignee:
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Nashua, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/122 (2006.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01); H01L 31/0232 (2014.01); H01L 31/18 (2006.01); H01L 31/107 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 31/0232 (2013.01); G02B 6/122 (2013.01); G02B 6/4295 (2013.01); H01L 31/107 (2013.01); H01L 31/18 (2013.01); H01L 31/1804 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a photodetector including growing a quantity of germanium within an optical pathway of a waveguide. The detection of a current caused by an interaction between the optical signal and the germanium is used to indicate the presence of an optical signal passing through the waveguide.