Title : 
High Uniformity, Stability, and Reliability Large-Format InGaAs APD Arrays
         
        
            Author : 
Wu, X. ; Gu, Y. ; Yan, F. ; Choa, F.S. ; Shu, P.
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The characteristics of both etched mesa and guard ring type of InGaAs APD arrays were compared. High uniformity, high stability, and high reliability guard-ring type of arrays with a size up to 64times64 were fabricated.
         
        
            Keywords : 
III-V semiconductors; avalanche photodiodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical arrays; photodetectors; photon counting; semiconductor device reliability; InGaAs; InGaAs APD arrays; avalanche photodiode arrays; etched mesa; guard ring type arrays; high uniformity arrays; photon counting; reliability; stability; Artificial satellites; Indium gallium arsenide; Leakage current; Lenses; Military satellites; Optical arrays; Optical sensors; Sensor arrays; Stability; Surface treatment;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Baltimore, MD
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-55752-834-6
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452558