We examine the saturation of relative current gain of Ino.53Gao.47As/InP single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) operated in Geiger mode. The punch-through voltage and breakdown voltage of the SPADs can be measured u...We examine the saturation of relative current gain of Ino.53Gao.47As/InP single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) operated in Geiger mode. The punch-through voltage and breakdown voltage of the SPADs can be measured using a simple and accurate method. The analysis method is temperature-independent and can be applied to most SPADs.展开更多
基金supported by the National Basic Research Program (973 Program) of China (Nos.G2001039302 and 007CB307001)the Guangdong Key Technologies R&D Program (No.2007B010400009)
文摘We examine the saturation of relative current gain of Ino.53Gao.47As/InP single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) operated in Geiger mode. The punch-through voltage and breakdown voltage of the SPADs can be measured using a simple and accurate method. The analysis method is temperature-independent and can be applied to most SPADs.