Design considerations for high-current photodetectors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1443-1454

  Williams, Keith J ^a   Esman, Ronald D ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; FREQUENCIES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ILLUMINATION DIRECTION; ILLUMINATION SPOT SIZE; ILLUMINATION WAVELENGTH; INTRINSIC REGION DOPING DENSITY; INTRINSIC REGION LENGTH; JOULE HEATING; NONLINEARITIES; SATURATION PHOTOCURRENT;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 0033347994     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.779167     Document Type: Article

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