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<mark>Journal publication date</mark> | 7/11/2011 |
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<mark>Journal</mark> | Optics Express |
Issue number | 23 |
Volume | 19 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Pages (from-to) | 23341-23349 |
Publication Status | Published |
<mark>Original language</mark> | English |
High bandwidth, uncooled, Indium Arsenide (InAs) electron avalanche photodiodes (e-APDs) with unique and highly desirable characteristics are reported. The e-APDs exhibit a 3dB bandwidth of 3.5 GHz which, unlike that of conventional APDs, is shown not to reduce with increasing avalanche gain. Hence these InAs e-APDs demonstrate a characteristic of theoretically ideal electron only APDs, the absence of a gain-bandwidth product limit. This is important because gain-bandwidth products restrict the maximum exploitable gain in all conventional high bandwidth APDs. Non-limiting gain-bandwidth products up to 580 GHz have been measured on these first high bandwidth e-APDs. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America