Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode ladar receiver performance characteristics and detection statistics

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 3261-3276

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

^a LOCKHEED MARTIN COHERENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; EFFICIENCY; GEIGER COUNTERS; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OPTICAL RADAR; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARBITRARY INPUTS; DETECTION PROBABILITIES; DETECTION STATISTIC; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; PERFORMANCE METRICS; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; RECEIVER PERFORMANCE;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 67650717990     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.003261     Document Type: Article

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