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Monopolarity of Hot Charge Carrier Multiplication in AIIIBV Semiconductors at High Electric Field and Noiseless Avalanche Photodiodes (a Review)

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The results of theoretical and experimental studies of impact ionization processes and charge carrier heating in multi-valley AIIIBV semiconductors at high electric field are presented and their relationship with the features of the band structure is discussed. A role of subsidiary L- and X-valleys, complex structure of the valence band and orientation dependence of the ionization coefficients are taken into account. A new approach to the choice of semiconductor materials with a large ratio of the ionization coefficients of holes and electrons to create the noiseless avalanche photodiodes due to monopolarity of hot charge carrier multiplication is proposed.

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Mikhailova, M.P., Dmitriev, A.P., Andreev, I.A. et al. Monopolarity of Hot Charge Carrier Multiplication in AIIIBV Semiconductors at High Electric Field and Noiseless Avalanche Photodiodes (a Review). Semiconductors 57, 554–569 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063782623090130

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