Linear theory of the quasi-unipolar photodiode

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1937-1945

  Yoder, P D ^a   Flynn, E J ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CyOptics   (United States)

Author keywords

Photodiodes; Semiconductor device modeling

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTRONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LINEARIZATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODETECTORS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; LINEAR THEORY; PHOTODETECTOR BANDWIDTH; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE; QUASI-UNIPOLAR PHOTODIODE;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33645838397     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871034     Document Type: Article

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