How avalanche pulses evolve in space and time

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4283, Issue , 2001, Pages 511-518

  Plimmer, S A ^a   Hambleton, P J ^a   Ng, B K ^a   Dunn, G M ^a   Ng, J S ^a   David, J P R ^a   Rees, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Impact ionization; Monte Carlo; Speed

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; IMPACT IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

AVALANCHE PULSES; DRIFT VELOCITY ASSUMPTION (DVA);

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0034784378     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.432602     Document Type: Conference Paper

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