PIN PHOTODETECTOR UNDER TRANSIENT CONDITIONS - SIMULATION AND EXPERIMENTS

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CONTI, M
CORDA, G
DEPADOVA, M
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10.1016/0038-1101(79)90107-2
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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An exact simulation of a Silicon PIN photodetector with transient light excitation is presented. The photodetector under consideration is designed to have good responsivity and fast response time in the wavelength range 0.6-0.95 μm which is of interest in fiber optic communication systems driven by GaAs and AlGaAs light sources. The photocurrent transient is computed for step and impulse light excitation using various values of reverse voltage, intrinsic layer thickness and doping. Good agreement is obtained between calculated and experimental waveforms. © 1979.
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