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  1. How to select avalanche photodiodes

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    Sun, 1 Oct 1995

    … How to select avalanche photodiodes Serge Melle and ..... applications, avalanche photodiodes offer semiconductor ..... of PMTs, and avalanche photodiodes (APDs) should ..... What is an avalanche photodiode ? An APD differs …

  2. AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES : Si charge avalanche enhances APD sensitivity beyond 100 GHz

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    Sun, 1 Aug 2010

    Made with readily available group IV germanium and silicon materials, a CMOS-compatible waveguide-integrated avalanche photodiode offers a gain-bandwidth of 105 GHz, extending Ge/Si APDs to high-bandwidth chip-to-chip interconnects and high-sensitivity fiber-optic communications.

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  1. Avalanche photodiodes are standouts for infrared

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    Tue, 1 Oct 2002

    … particulate concentrations and hence detect a fire sooner. This is very important in factories or refineries. Avalanche photodiodes have also been used for monitoring other particles such as dust or bacteria. Other APD applications Many different …

  2. APD ARRAYS - Avalanche photodiode arrays provide versatility in ultrasensitive applications

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    Sat, 1 Sep 2007

    … operation modes of avalanche photodiodes enable them to ..... process” in avalanche photodiodes (APDs). Electron ..... faster than CCDs. Avalanche photodiodes can be operated ..... arsenide (InGaAs) avalanche photodiode arrays because …

  3. New class of near-infrared detector promises higher gain, lower noise than avalanche photodiodes

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    Mon, 2 Mar 2009

    … arsenide/indium aluminum arsenide (InGaAs/InAlAs) devices were designed to overcome the limitations of avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in the 0.9 to 1.6 micron spectral region, including the eye‐safe range beyond 1.3 microns …

  5. Zecotek avalanche photodiodes to be used in European hadron calorimeter

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    Wed, 19 Dec 2007

    … Photonics, formerly Zecotek Medical Systems, has received an order for a supply of its proprietary micro-pixel avalanche photodiodes (MAPD) solid-state photo detectors from the Institute of High Energy Physics Research (INR). The MAPD …

  6. Avalanche photodiodes

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    Mon, 6 Dec 1999

    Large-area avalanche photodiodes (LAAPDs) come in integrated, cooled modules. The 631 is ac-coupled, the 641 is dc-coupled, and both can accommodate the …

  7. Waveguide avalanche photodiode shows promise for 1550 nm

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    Mon, 19 Jun 2000

    … illuminated waveguide structure to fabricate a waveguide-confined indium gallium arsenide/indium aluminum arsenide avalanche photodiode (APD). They hope that the device structure, which combines the attributes of waveguides with APD design …

  8. Gallium nitride avalanche photodiodes achieve UV photon counting

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    Mon, 28 Aug 2000

    … Lincoln Laboratory (Lexington, MA) have achieved ultraviolet photon counting with gallium nitride (GaN) avalanche photodiodes (APDs). The device structure, grown in a vertical chloride-transport hydride vapor-phase-epitaxy reactor …

  9. Advanced Photonix wins SBIR funds for enhanced silicon avalanche photodiodes

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    Tue, 1 Nov 1994

    … Department of Energy. The company`s proposal aims to develo¥production techniques for largearea silicon avalanche photodiodes sensitive to blue and ultraviolet wavelengths. One technique involves coatings that convert the incident radiation …

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