Variations in the photon-counting performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes

Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 777-

  Forsyth, Keith ^a   Dries, J Christopher ^a  

^a GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; JITTER; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AVALANCHE PHHOTODIODES; BIAS VOLTAGE; DARK COUNT RATE; PHOTON COUNTING PERFORMANCE;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0344465782     PISSN: 10928081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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