Avalanche multiplication and excess noise factor of heterojunction avalanche photodiodes

IEEE International Conference on Semiconductor Electronics, Proceedings, ICSE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 324-328

  You, A H ^a   Low, L C ^a   Cheang, P L ^a  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dead space effect; Excess noise factor; Heterojunction avalanche photodiode; Impact ionization; Multiplication gain

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMPACT IONIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STATISTICS;

DEAD-SPACE EFFECT; ELECTRON IONIZATION; EXCESS NOISE FACTOR; HETEROJUNCTION AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; MULTIPLICATION GAIN;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 35148891320     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMELEC.2006.381074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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