Title :
Low excess noise AlInAsSb staircase avalanche photodiode
Author :
Min Ren ; Maddox, Scott ; Yaojia Chan ; Woodson, Madison ; Bank, Seth ; Campbell, Joe C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Abstract :
In conclusion, we report a one-stage staircase APD based on the AlInAsSb material system. Record low noise has been achieved for the first time and the results are consistent with Monte Carlo simulations.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; aluminium alloys; antimony alloys; arsenic alloys; avalanche photodiodes; indium alloys; AlInAsSb; Monte Carlo simulation; low excess noise; staircase APD; staircase avalanche photodiode; Avalanche photodiodes; Heterojunctions; Impact ionization; Monte Carlo methods; Noise; Photoconductivity; Photonic band gap;
Conference_Titel :
Device Research Conference (DRC), 2015 73rd Annual
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-8134-5
DOI :
10.1109/DRC.2015.7175563
