title: Measurement and modeling of the nonlinearity of photovoltaic and Geiger-mode photodiodes.
abstract: While in most cases the absolute accuracy, resolution, and noise floor are the only relevant specifications for the dynamic range of a photodetector, there are experiments for which the linearity plays a more important role than the former three properties. In these experiments nonlinearity can lead to systematic errors. In our work we present a modern implementation of the well-known superposition method and apply it to two different types of photodetectors.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kauten
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Benedikt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Pressl
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kaufmann
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentalphysik, Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: Gregor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Weihs