III-nitride avalanche photodiodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6479, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kung, Patrick ^a   McClmtock, Ryan ^a   Vizcaino, Jose Luis Pau ^a   Minder, Kathryn ^a   Bayram, Can ^a   Razeghi, Manijeh ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

APD; Avalanche; Back illuminated; GaN; Impact ionization coefficients; Photodiode

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ENERGY GAP; GALLIUM NITRIDE; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

FIRST BACK-ILLUMINATED; IMPACT IONIZATION COEFFICIENTS; IONIZATION COEFFICIENTS; NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTORS;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 34248631405     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.713774     Document Type: Conference Paper

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