Mean gain of avalanche photodiodes in a dead space model

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-30

  Spinelli, Alessandro ^a   Lacaita, Andrea L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PHOTODIODES; PROBABILITY; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; IONIZATION PROBABILITY; IONIZATION THRESHOLD ENERGY; MULTIPLICATION MEASUREMENTS; RECURSIVE EQUATIONS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0029754695     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/16.477589     Document Type: Article

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