• DocumentCode
    3277028
  • Title

    Equivalent circuit model of noise for a separate absorption and multiplication avalanche photodiode (SAM-APD)

  • Author

    Soroosh, M. ; Moravvej-Farshi, M.K. ; Zarifkar, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Opt. Syst. & Technol., Iran Telecommun. Res. Center, Iran
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    6-8 March 2005
  • Firstpage
    182
  • Lastpage
    186
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we present a circuit model of noise for separate absorption, and multiplication avalanche photodiode (SAM-APD). Also a circuit model of SAM-APD is presented. It is based on the carrier rate equations in different region of device. As two examples, a GaAs and an InGaAs/InAlAs SAM-APD are simulated.
  • Keywords
    avalanche photodiodes; equivalent circuits; light absorption; optical noise; InAlAs; InGaAs; SAM-APD; carrier rate equation; equivalent circuit noise model; separate absorption and multiplication avalanche photodiode; Absorption; Avalanche photodiodes; Charge carrier processes; Circuit noise; Equations; Equivalent circuits; Impact ionization; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless and Optical Communications Networks, 2005. WOCN 2005. Second IFIP International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9019-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WOCN.2005.1436015
  • Filename
    1436015