Resonant-cavity separate absorption, charge and multiplication avalanche photodiodes with high-speed and high gain-bandwidth product

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 409-411

  Nie, H ^a   Anselm, K A ^a   Lenox, C ^a   Yuan, P ^a   Hu, C ^a   Kinsey, G ^a   Streetman, B G ^a   Campbell, J C ^a  

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

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Bandwidth

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BANDWIDTH; CAVITY RESONATORS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOIONIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; GAIN BANDWIDTH PRODUCTS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0032028734     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.661426     Document Type: Article

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