photogain

English

Etymology

From photo- +‎ gain.

Noun

photogain (plural photogains)

1. (physics) The gain (multiplication factor) of a photodetector or photomultiplier
   • 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^[1]:

     At a reverse bias of 3V, we achieve avalanche multiplication, with 0.37A/W responsivity and avalanche photogain~2.