Self-Consistent 2-D Monte Carlo Simulations of InSb APD

D Herbert; Peter Childs; A Abram; GC Crow; M Walmsley

doi:10.1109/TED.2005.856802

Self-Consistent 2-D Monte Carlo Simulations of InSb APD

D Herbert, Peter Childs, A Abram, GC Crow, M Walmsley

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Abstract

Self-consistent Monte Carlo simulations are used to study the low noise and high gain potential of InSb avalanche photodiodes. It is found that for an electron-initiated avalanche, excess noise factors well below the minimum McIntyre value persist up to gain values of around 60 for a 3.2 mu m avalanche region. these very low noise values, it is found that multiplication has a very unusual voltage dependence which may be exploited for highly efficient novel low noise planar arrays operating at low voltage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2175-2181
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
Volume	52
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2005.856802
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2005

Keywords

Monte Carlo (MC) simulation
InSb
detector arrays
impact ionization
avalanche photodetector
low noise
dead space

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