Avalanche detector with ultraclean response for time-resolved photon counting

Author

Spinelli, Alessandro ; Ghioni, Massimo A. ; Cova, Sergio D. ; Davis, Lloyd M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Volume

34

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

817

Lastpage

821

Abstract

Experimental tests have been carried out for characterizing the performance of a new single-photon avalanche diode. The detector is specifically designed for picosecond time-correlated single photon counting, aiming to obtain a time response free from the tail effects and/or secondary bumps observed in all other available single-photon detectors. The experimental results confirm that an unprecedented ultraclean response is attained, with full width at half maximum (FWHM) of 35 ps, full width at a thousandth of the peak count of 214 ps, together with a photon detection efficiency of 35% around 580-nm wavelength

Keywords

high-speed optical techniques; optical correlation; photodetectors; photon counting; 214 ps; 35 percent; 35 ps; 580 nm; avalanche detector; full width at half maximum; peak count; photodetector; photon detection efficiency; picosecond time-correlated single photon counting; secondary bumps; single-photon avalanche diode; tail effects; time response; time-resolved photon counting; ultraclean response; unprecedented ultraclean response; Computational fluid dynamics; Detectors; Dynamic range; Fluorescence; Laser excitation; Optical sensors; Pulse measurements; Tail; Timing; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.668769

Filename

668769