Theory of avalanche multiplication and excess noise in quantum-well infrared photodetectors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4376-4378

  Schneider, Harald ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SOLID STATE PHYSICS IAF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; IMPACT IONIZATION; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AVALANCHE MULTIPLICATION;

INFRARED DETECTORS;

EID: 0037773311     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1585134     Document Type: Article

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