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LINEAR MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES WITHOUT EXCESS NOISE
LINEAR MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES WITHOUT EXCESS NOISE
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机译:线性模式雪崩光电二极管没有过量噪音
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A linear mode avalanche photodiode senses light and outputs electrical current by being configured to, generate a gain equal to or greater than 1000 times amplification while generating an excess noise factor of less than 3 times a thermal noise present at or above a non-cryogenic temperature due to the gain from the amplification. The linear mode avalanche photodiode detects one or more photons in the light by using a superlattice structure that is matched to suppress impact ionization for a first carrier in the linear mode avalanche photodiode while at least one of 1) increasing impact ionization, 2) substantially maintaining impact ionization, and 3) suppressing impact ionization to a lesser degree for a second carrier. The first carrier having its impact ionization suppressed is either i) an electron or ii) a hole; and then, the second carrier is the electron or the hole.
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