Large area InAlAs/InGaAs single photon counting avalanche photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5412, Issue , 2004, Pages 126-136

  Boisvert, Joseph ^a   Kinsey, Geoffrey S ^a   McAlister, Denton ^a   Isshiki, Takahiro ^a   Sudharsanan, Rengarajan ^a   Krainak, Michael ^b  

^a Spectrolab Inc   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Geiger; InAlAs; InGaAs; Photodetector; Single photon counting; SWIR

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GEIGER; INALAS; INGAAS; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; SWIR;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; QUENCHING;

PHOTONS;

EID: 10044275406     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.541547     Document Type: Conference Paper

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