Optical communication makes good use of sensitive avalanche photodiodes, typically made from group III–V semiconductor compounds. New research shows that silicon may be a viable alternative material for realizing such detectors with better performance.
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Tokuda, Y., Yagyu, E. Look out III–V. Nature Photon 3, 7–8 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2008.257
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