Aluminium arsenide tin avalanche photodiodes (APDs) could beat InP/InAlAs types for noise and sensitivity at speed, according to researchers at Cardiff University. “Our work to develop low excess noise and high sensitivity avalanche photodiodes has the potential to yield a new class of high-performance receivers for applications in networking and sensing,” said Cardiff chair in ...

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