Photodetectors extrinsic

The use of an extrinsic photoconductor with direct injection has the advantage that dc gain can enhance I and therefore g, but gain saturation due to sweepout will limit ac gain to 1/2 at frequencies near f [6.30]. The capacitance C of an extrinsic photoconductor can be an order of magnitude lower than for a photodiode, which will lead to a higher /. With an extrinsic photodetector, crosstalk problems must be considered for the detector thicknesses necessary to provide reasonable quantum efficiency, and even for the 3-5 pm window operating temperatures will tend to be below 50 K. 

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