PHOTON-ASSISTED AVALANCHE SPREADING IN REACH-THROUGH PHOTODIODES

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LACAITA, A ^{[1
]}

COVA, S ^{[1
]}

SPINELLI, A ^{[1
]}

ZAPPA, F ^{[1
]}

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[1] CNR,CEQSE,I-20133 MILAN,ITALY

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 1993年 / 62卷 / 06期

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10.1063/1.108870

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We have investigated the spreading of the avalanche process over the area of reach-through avalanche photodiodes operated in Geiger mode. A comparison between the measurements and the results of a computer simulation suggests that photons emitted from hot carrier relaxations play the dominant role in the avalanche dynamics. It is the randomness of the photon-assisted process which impairs the performance of these detectors in timing measurements.

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