High-saturation current wide-bandwidth photodetectors

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 702-708

  Tulchinsky, David A ^a   Li, Xiaowei ^b   Li, Ning ^b   Demiguel, Stéphane ^b   Campbell, Joe C ^b   Williams, Keith J ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

High power photodetectors; Photodetectors; Photodiodes; Saturation current; Sheet resistance; Space charge effect

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTODIODES; SUBSTRATES;

CHARGE BALANCE; DEPLETION LAYER; HIGH-POWER PHOTODETECTORS; TRANSIT TIME;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 7544243357     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2004.831951     Document Type: Article

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