A novel silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode

Jennifer C. Jackson, Alan P. Morrison, Don Phelan, A. Mathewson

2003 · 27 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

Dark count nonlinearity in CMOS compatible, single photon counting, Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes (GM-APD) has been investigated. A novel structure was designed, fabricated, and characterized to allow dark count optimization. Dark count levels for the proposed structure are shown to scale linearly with area.

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