Comparison between super low ionization ratio and reach through avalanche photodiode structures

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2642-2650

  Refaat, Tamer F ^a   Halama, Gary E ^b   DeYoung, Russell J ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; AVALANCHE DIODES; IONIZATION OF SOLIDS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTODETECTORS; REMOTE SENSING; VAPORS; WATER;

ATMOSPHERIC SENSING; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; IONIZATION RATIO;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0034296824     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1308925     Document Type: Article

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