InGaAsP-InP avalanche photodiodes for single photon detection

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 895-904

  Jiang, Xudong ^b   Itzler, Mark A ^a,b   Ben Michael, Rafael ^b   Slomkowski, Krystyna ^b  

^a IEEE

^b PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Photodiodes; Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs); Single photon detection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; PHOTONS;

DARK COUNT RATE (DCR); PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY (PDE); SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPAD); SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 34648860548     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903001     Document Type: Article

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