Statistical Properties of the Impulse Response Function of Double-Carrier Multiplication Avalanche Photodiodes Including the Effect of Dead Space

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 1992, Pages 1415-1425

  Hayat, Majeed M ^a   Saleh, Bahaa E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

DEAD SPACE EFFECTS; DOUBLE-CARRIER MULTIPLICATION AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APDS); EXPONENTIAL DECAY RATE; MEAN IMPULSE RESPONSE FUNCTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; RECURRENCE EQUATIONS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0026929114     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.166785     Document Type: Article

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