Shot noise suppression in avalanche photodiodes.
We identify a new shot noise suppression mechanism in a thin (approximately 100 nm) heterostructure avalanche photodiode. In the low-gain regime the shot noise is suppressed due to temporal correlations within amplified current pulses. We demonstrate in a Monte Carlo simulation that the effective excess noise factors can be < 1, and reconcile the apparent conflict between theory and experiments. This shot noise suppression mechanism is independent of known mechanisms such as Coulomb interaction, or reflection at heterojunction interfaces.
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Feng
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Microelectronics Research Center, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
Wang
Shuling
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Campbell
Joe C
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