Title :
A Large Aperture and Field-of-View Telescope with 1-mm InGaAs/InAlAs Avalanche Photodiodes
Author :
Yuan, P. ; Boisvert, J. ; Labios, E. ; McDonald, P. ; Isshiki, T. ; Sudharsanan, R. ; Johnson, W.B., Jr. ; Walker, B.J. ; Jenkins, N.W.
Author_Institution :
Spectrolab, Inc., Sylmar, CA
Abstract :
A 1-mm InGaAs/InAlAs APD was integrated with a 145-mm aperture telescope system. A 42.7 dB optical gain was achieved while a 0.5deg field of view (FOV) was maintained
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; aluminium compounds; avalanche photodiodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; integrated optoelectronics; telescopes; 1 mm; 145 mm; 42.7 dB; APD; FOV; InGaAs-InAlAs; avalanche photodiodes; field-of-view telescope; large aperture telescope; optical gain; Apertures; Avalanche photodiodes; Gain; Indium compounds; Indium gallium arsenide; Lenses; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Packaging; Telescopes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2006. LEOS 2006. 19th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-9555-7
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2006.279148
