Solar-blind 4H-SiC single-photon avalanche diode operating in Geiger mode

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 18, 2008, Pages 1587-1589

  Vert, Alexey ^a   Soloviev, Stanislav ^a   Fronheiser, Jody ^a   Sandvik, Peter ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes (APDs); Geiger mode detection; Silicon carbide; Single photon detector; Solar blind detector

Indexed keywords

DARK-COUNT PROBABILITIES; GEIGER-MODE DETECTION; REJECTION RATIOS; SAPPHIRE WINDOWS; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR; SOLAR BLIND DETECTOR; SOLAR BLINDS; SOLAR PHOTONS; THIN FILM OPTICAL FILTERS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

AVALANCHE DIODES; AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CORUNDUM; GAS DETECTORS; GEIGER COUNTERS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SILICON CARBIDE;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 65349155956     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.928852     Document Type: Article

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