Theory of the Temporal Response of a Simple Multiquantum-Well Avalanche Photodiode

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1456-1467

  Brennan, Kevin F ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Teich, Malvin C ^b,c   Saleh, Bahaa E A ^d   Khorsandi, Toofan ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Telecommunications Research Department of Electrical Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, AVALANCHE -- THEORY;

AVLANCHE PHOTODIODE; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MULTIQUANTUM WELL PHOTODIODE;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

EID: 0024073315     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: 15579646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.2578     Document Type: Article

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