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Avalanche photodiodes

A sine of progress

Sinusoidal gating enables InGaAs avalanche photodiodes to operate at 800 MHz

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  1. Namekata, N., Sasamori, S. & Inoue, S. 800 MHz single-photon detection at 1550-nm using an InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode operated with a sine wave gating. Opt. Express (2006). 10.1364/OE.14.010043

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Gevaux, D. A sine of progress. Nature Photon (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2006.32

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