Investigation of the avalanche multiplication characteristics in advanced avalanche photodiodes (APDs)

• Main Author: Toh, Rui Tze.
• Other Authors: Ng Beng Koon
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/49936
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Advanced semiconductor technology has enabled APDs with narrow multiplication widths, but such application has been limited due to poor performance predicted by the McIntyre’s expression, which is based on the local assumption that ignores the dead space effects of the impact ionization process. Usi...