Meanings
nounphotogain (plural photogains)
plural photogains
- natural sciencesThe gain (multiplication factor) of a photodetector or photomultiplier
At a reverse bias of 3V, we achieve avalanche multiplication, with 0.37A/W responsivity and avalanche photogain~2.
2015, Ilya Goykhman, Ugo Sassi, Boris Desiatov, Noa Mazurski, Silvia Milana, Domenico de Fazio, Anna Eiden, Jacob Khurgin, Joseph Shappir, Uriel Levy, Andrea C. Ferrari, “On-chip integrated, silicon-graphene plasmonic Schottky photodetector, with high responsivity and avalanche photogain”, in arXiv
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