Title :
Effect of Soft Dead Space on the Mean Gain of Avalanche Photodiodes in Submicron Ranges
Author :
Nejad, Saeedeh Jahanmiri ; Sheikhi, Mohammad Hossein
Author_Institution :
Shiraz Univ., Shiraz
Abstract :
A novel modified model which accounts for both the effect of dead space and soft ionization rate in the multiplication process of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) is proposed. The application of the suggested model is intended to be mainly beneficial in simulating gain characteristics of thin APDs in which considering the realistic ionization events and physical multiplication phenomena is inevitable. Based on the proposed soft dead space model, renewal arguments governing mean multiplication gain of APDs have been achieved.
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; photodetectors; avalanche photodiodes; fiber optic communication systems; gain characteristics; ionization events; multiplication process; optical receivers; photodetectors; soft dead space; soft ionization rate; Avalanche photodiodes; Electrons; Fluctuations; Impact ionization; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Photodetectors; Space exploration; Stochastic processes;
Conference_Titel :
Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2007. WOCN '07. IFIP International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1005-3
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1005-3
DOI :
10.1109/WOCN.2007.4284170
