Ultraviolet single photon detection with Geiger-mode 4H-SiC avalanche photodiodes

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1822-1824

  Bai, Xiaogang ^a   Mcintosh, Dion ^a   Liu, Handin ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Photodetector; Silicon carbide; Ultraviolet detector

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SILICON CARBIDE; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS;

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; ULTRAVIOLET SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 36249009599     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.906830     Document Type: Article

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