{"title":"A Comparison of InGaAs and Ge photonic power converters for long wavelength power over fibre","authors":"G. Allwood, G. Wild, S. Hinckley","doi":"10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472337","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Here, we present a comparison of the optical to electrical power conversion efficiency for off-the-shelf InGaAs and Ge photodiodes used as photonic power converters for power over fibre applications. The results show that, whilst the fill factor for the InGaAs photodiode is lower, the overall power conversion efficiency is better at long wavelengths due to the larger open circuit voltages.","PeriodicalId":136573,"journal":{"name":"COMMAD 2012","volume":"288 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"COMMAD 2012","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMMAD.2012.6472337","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Here, we present a comparison of the optical to electrical power conversion efficiency for off-the-shelf InGaAs and Ge photodiodes used as photonic power converters for power over fibre applications. The results show that, whilst the fill factor for the InGaAs photodiode is lower, the overall power conversion efficiency is better at long wavelengths due to the larger open circuit voltages.