Spectral Properties of Photocurrent Fluctuations in Avalanche Photodiodes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 458-468

  Kahraman, Gokalp ^a   Saleh, Bahaa E A ^a   Teich, Malvin C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PROBABILITY - RANDOM PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, AVALANCHE; SUPERLATTICES;

AUTOCORRELATION FUNCTION; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; ELECTRON-HOLE MOTION; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MULTIQUANTUM-WELL APD; PHOTOCURRENT FLUCTUATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES, PHOTODIODE;

EID: 0026852446     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.134199     Document Type: Article

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