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Gain M<br />

Tests of APDs<br />

200<br />

180<br />

A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8<br />

B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8<br />

C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8<br />

D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 D8<br />

160<br />

140<br />

120<br />

100<br />

APD #14 @ -15 ºC<br />

M = 100<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

Gain vs. Bias Voltage<br />

20<br />

0<br />

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 240 260 280 300 320 340 360 380 400 420 440<br />

V<br />

450<br />

440<br />

APD #16<br />

APD #17<br />

APD #18<br />

APD #19<br />

Bias V drops ~0.8 V/ºC cooling<br />

430<br />

VR @ =100<br />

010, Santa Fe<br />

420<br />

410<br />

400<br />

390<br />

3.20E-03 3.30E-03 3.40E-03 3.50E-03 3.60E-03 3.70E-03 3.80E-03 3.90E-03 4.00E-03<br />

Inv. Temperature (K -1 )<br />

Gain=100 bias voltage linear vs. temperature<br />

• Measured average QE with RMS<br />

spread across 32 channels<br />

• Average across all channels (84.8<br />

± 2.5)% - expected 85%<br />

Jarek Nowak, September 17, 2010

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