Counting distributions and error probabilities for optical receivers incorporating superlattice avalanche photodiodes
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عنوان ژورنال: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0018-9383
DOI: 10.1109/t-ed.1986.22697