Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have drawn huge interest in recent years and have been
extensively used in a range of fields including the most important one—optical …

High-speed optical interconnects of data centers and high performance computers (HPC)
have become the rapid development direction in the field of optical communication owing to …

Until the early 2000's, the avalanche photodiode (APD) was widely deployed in high-
performance optical receivers that operated up to 10 Gb/s. In subsequent years, the use of …

With high-speed space optical crosslink being a reality, the construction of an optical
satellite network as part of a larger integrated space-terrestrial network is now feasible. This …

For high-bit-rate long-haul fiber optic communications, the avalanche photodiode (APD) is
frequently the photodetector of choice owing to its internal gain, which provides a sensitivity …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with peak efficiencies above 90% and
unrivalled timing jitter (< 30 ps) have emerged as a potent technology for quantum …

The development of high-performance optical receivers has been a primary driving force for
research on III-V compound avalanche photodiodes (APDs). The evolution of fiber optic …

Evolution of Low-Noise Avalanche Photodetectors Page 1 IEEE JOURNAL OF SELECTED
TOPICS IN QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, VOL. 28, NO. 2, MARCH/APRIL 2022 3800911 …

This chapter reviews the principles of bandgap engineering and quantum confinement in
semiconductors, with a particular emphasis on the optoelectronic properties of quantum …

Avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have enabled highly sensitive photodetection in optical
communication, sensing and quantum applications. Great efforts have been focused on …