Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 3, 0304001(2023)
SiC UV Avalanche Photodiode with High Voltage Withstanding Capability and Low Dark Count Rate
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Chengdong Yang, Kaipeng Xia, Wenye Ma, Yanqi Gao, Zhihao Yu, Linlin Su. SiC UV Avalanche Photodiode with High Voltage Withstanding Capability and Low Dark Count Rate[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(3): 0304001
Category: Detectors
Received: Jun. 14, 2022
Accepted: Aug. 3, 2022
Published Online: Feb. 13, 2023
The Author Email: Su Linlin (sulinlin@cwxu.edu.cn)