Photon Counting with Passive Quenched Silicon Avalanche
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Abstract
We investigate the performance of silicon avalanche photodiode (APD) with passive quenching circuit for photon counting in the near-infrared range. The characterizations of an APD colled at -20 °C are described in terms of dark counts, operating temperature and bias-voltage.
Keywords: optoelectronics, optical detector.
Corresponding author: E-mail: cast@kmitl.ac.th
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