High quantum efficiency GaP avalanche photodiodes

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 19607-19612

  McIntosh, Dion ^a   Zhou, Qiugui ^a   Chen, Yaojia ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE;

HIGH QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; UNITY GAIN; WINDOW STRUCTURE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

GALLIUM; GALLIUM PHOSPHIDE; PHOSPHINE DERIVATIVE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; TRANSDUCER;

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GALLIUM; GAMMA CAMERAS; LIGHT; PHOSPHINES; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80053286062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019607     Document Type: Article

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