Afterpulsing effects in free-running InGaAsP single-photon avalanche diodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-11

  Jiang, Xudong ^a   Itzler, Mark A ^a   Ben Michael, Rafael ^a   Slomkowski, Krystyna ^a   Krainak, Michael A ^b   Wu, Stewart ^b   Sun, Xiaoli ^b  

^a PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Photodiodes; Single photon detection; Single photon avalanche diodes

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

AFTERPULSING EFFECTS; GEIGER-MODE OPERATION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 37249020102     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2007.906996     Document Type: Article

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