Advances in APDs for UV astronomy

Melville P Ulmer; Ryan P McClintock; Jose L. Pau; Manijeh Razeghi

doi:10.1117/12.739919

Advances in APDs for UV astronomy

Melville P Ulmer, Ryan P McClintock, Jose L. Pau, Manijeh Razeghi

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Abstract

We report the most recent work of our group of the development of avalanche photo diodes based on (Al)GaN. The goal of this group is to achieve single photon counting. In this paper we first give the scientific motivation for making such a device in the context of UV astronomy and then describe current work and plans for future development. The development includes improving the sensitivity to be able to carry out single photon detection and the fabrication of arrays.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
Volume	6686
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.739919
State	Published - Dec 1 2007
Event	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 26 2007 → Aug 27 2007

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Other	UV, X-Ray, and Gamma-Ray Space Instrumentation for Astronomy XV
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	8/26/07 → 8/27/07

Keywords

AlGaN
Astronomy
Avalanche photo diodes
GaN
UV

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Condensed Matter Physics

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