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The effect of the absorption layer width and bias voltage on the frequency response is also investigated.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Design\/methodology\/approach<\/jats:title><jats:p>The absorption region is divided into any desired number of layers and the continuity equations are solved, for each layer, assuming that within the layer the carriers' drift velocities are constant. The frequency response of the multilayer structure is calculated from the response of each layer using matrix algebra.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>The numerical results agree well with those from the experiment. It is seen that the results, assuming the saturation drift velocities, are usually overestimated especially for low values of the bias voltage or high values of the absorption region width.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Research limitations\/implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>The numerical method under study neglects the capacitive effects which may determine the frequency response of very short devices. In this case a more complete treatment, including also the displacement current, should be carried out.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Practical implications<\/jats:title><jats:p>Software development for the design of multilayer photodiodes with optimized frequency response.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>To the best of one's knowledge this is an original report of the application of this numerical method to the calculation of the frequency response of <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:italic>i<\/jats:italic>\u2010<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> photodiodes. 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