Simulation of the Geiger Mode Operation of a Single Photon Detection Avalanche Photodiode

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E86-C, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1366-1369

  Kagawa, Toshiaki ^a  

^a SHONAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avalanche pholodiode; Geiger mode; Single photon detection

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PHOTONS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHOTON DETECTION;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0141972429     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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