Avalanche Photodiodes with an Impact-Ionization-Engineered Multiplication Region

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1370-1372

  Yuan, P ^a   Wang, S ^b   Sun, X ^b   Zheng, X G ^b   Holmes Jr , A L ^b   Campbell, J C ^b  

^a Multiplex Inc   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

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EID: 0001049642     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.883833     Document Type: Article

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