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1. An optical detector comprising:
a semiconductor substrate; a first semiconductor region formed on the semiconductor substrate; a plurality of second semiconductor regions formed two-dimensionally within the first semiconductor region and having a higher impurity concentration than the first semiconductor region; a plurality of quenching resistors electrically connected to the second semiconductor regions, respectively; and a signal read wiring electrically connected to the plurality of quenching resistors, wherein the optical detector comprises a pn junction that forms an APD operable in a Geiger mode formed in an interface between the semiconductor substrate and the first semiconductor region or an interface between the first semiconductor region and the second semiconductor region, wherein the quenching resistor is positioned above the second semiconductor region, and wherein, in a plan view, the signal read wiring surrounds a circumference of each second semiconductor region in a ring shape and covers a boundary line between the second semiconductor region and the first semiconductor region. |