SiC avalanche photodiode array with microlenses

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 11713-11719

  Li, Kejia ^a   Liu, Han Din ^a   Zhou, Qiugui ^a   McIntosh, Dion ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTODIODES; SILICON CARBIDE;

AVALANCHE PHOTO-DIODE ARRAYS; FILL FACTOR; MICRO-LENS; PHOTODIODE ARRAYS; SIMULATION RESULT;

MICROLENSES;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SYNTHESIS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SYSTEMS INTEGRATION;

EID: 77952860498     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.011713     Document Type: Article

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