• DocumentCode
    2301598
  • Title

    Impact ionization under dynamic fields

  • Author

    Hayat, Majeed M. ; Ramirez, David A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2010
  • Firstpage
    128
  • Lastpage
    129
  • Abstract
    In this paper we outline the potential benefits of modulating the applied electric field on the performance of avalanche photodiodes (APDs). Our approach enables the calculation of the impulse response, gain and and excess noise factor, breakdown probability, as well as pulse duration time all under conditions of a dynamic field in the multiplication region.
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; electric breakdown; impact ionisation; impulse noise; transient response; avalanche photodiode; breakdown probability; dynamic fields; excess noise factor; impact ionization; impulse gain; impulse response; pulse duration time;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    IEEE Photonics Society, 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the
  • Conference_Location
    Denver, CO
  • ISSN
    -
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5368-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    -
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHOTONICS.2010.5698791
  • Filename
    5698791