Design and analysis of separate-absorption-transport-charge-multiplication traveling-wave avalanche photodetectors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1583-1590

  Shi, Jin Wei ^a   Liu, Yin Hsin ^b,c   Liu, Chee Wee ^b,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c IEEE

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL DESIGN; PHOTODIODES; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR SUPERLATTICES; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODETECTORS; HIGH SATURATION POWER PHOTODETECTOR; TRAVELLING WAVE PHOTODETECTOR; ULTRA HIGH SPEED PHOTODETECTOR;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 3142709945     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2004.829230     Document Type: Article

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