Enhanced frequency response associated with negative photoconductance in an InGaAs/InAlAs avalanche photodetector
- 11 August 2003
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 83 (6) , 1249-1251
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1600512
Abstract
We report an InAlAs/InGaAs avalanche photodetector with the photocurrent–voltage characteristic exhibiting a negative conductance region. The frequency response of a device exhibits the internal rf-gain effect in the avalanche region, and the gain peak occurs at progressively higher frequencies as the applied voltage increases. The pulse response experiment in the time domain characterizes the formation process of the space-charge wave signal near the threshold voltage in the avalanche region. The experimental result, displaying a multivalued bandwidth curve with respect to the current-gain, shows that the avalanche process does not limit the speed of the avalanche photodetector, in contrast to the conventional one.Keywords
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