Dead-time effects on geiger-mode APD performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6550, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gatt, Philip ^a   Johnson, Steven ^a   Nichols, Terry ^a  

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dead time; Geiger mode avalanche photodiode; Ladar; Laser radar

Indexed keywords

GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (GAPDS); MULTIPLE MICRO-PIXELS; SIGNAL PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY (SPDE);

OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL RADAR; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 35948938588     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.724773     Document Type: Conference Paper

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