Abstract

Optical Receiver Options Optical Receiver Options PINs versus Avalanche Photodiodes PIN and Avalanche Photodiodes Avalanche Photodiodes Noise and Gain-Bandwidth Product Gain-Bandwidth Product Local Field Model PIN-APD Comparison PIN-APD Comparison PIN and APD Receiver Sensitivities InP/InGaAs SAM APD InP/InGaAs SAM APD SAM-APD Dark Current SACM-APD Boundary Conditions Advantages of SACM Structure InP/InGaAs SACM APD Receivers InP/InGaAs SACM APD Receivers Multiplication Noise in Avalanche Photodiodes San Francisco, CA] Methods to achieve low noise and high gain-bandwidth products Excess Noise in Thin Multiplication Regions Excess Noise in Thin Multiplication Regions Local-Field Model History-Dependent Model History-Dependent Model Monte Carlo Calculated Gain Distributions Why does dead sspace reduce number of “outliers? Measured Bulk InP and InAlAs k-ratios Measured Bulk InP and InAlAs k-ratios AlInAs/InGaAs SACM-APDs AlInAs/InGaAs SACM-APDs.

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