Design Considerations for 1.06-μm InGaAsP-InP Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 797-809

  Donnelly, Joseph P ^a   Duerr, Erik K ^a   McIntosh, K Alex ^a   Dauler, Eric A ^a   Oakley, Douglas C ^a   Groves, Steven H ^a   Vineis, Christopher J ^a   Mahoney, Leonard J ^a   Molvar, Karen M ^a   Hopman, Pablo I ^a   Jenser, Katharine Estelle ^a   Smith, Gary M ^a   Verghese, Simon ^a   Shavei, David C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Geiger mode avalanche; photodiodes; semiconductor device modeling; single photon detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008038757     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: 15581713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2006.877300     Document Type: Article

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