Analysis and comparison of UV photodetectors based on wide bandgap semiconductors

Detection of VUV Light with Avalanche Photodiodes

“…On the other hand, they present some advantages, namely the lower biasing voltages, higher gains with lower leak currents, the solar blind capability. Recent reviews on these APDs can be found in [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] and references therein. Through the last decade, we have investigated the response characteristics of a large area APD from API to the scintillation VUV light produced in gaseous argon and xenon at room temperature [4,5].…”