Y. Gu, F. Choa, S. Wu, X. Wu, F. Yan, P. Su, M. Krainak
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Abstract
We report an innovative scheme that use DC-current bias plus gated-voltage pulses to operate APDs. Such an operation can simplify the problem of breakdown-voltage nonuniformity in large-format APD arrays with excellent single photon detection efficiency.