• DocumentCode
    1368707
  • Title

    Improved free-running InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode detectors operating at room temperature

  • Author

    Warburton, R.E. ; Itzler, Mark A. ; Buller, Gerald S.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Phys. Sci., Heriot-Watt Univ., Edinburgh, UK
  • Volume
    45
  • Issue
    19
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    996
  • Lastpage
    997
  • Abstract
    Room-temperature operation of InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode detectors operating in free-running mode, with no electrical gating, is demonstrated. An improved design of device structure permitted significantly lower dark count rates than previously reported. Free-running operation at room temperature using an incident wavelength of 1550 nm gave a noise equivalent power of 1.5 10-15 WHz-1/2 with improved photon timing jitter.
  • Keywords
    avalanche diodes; timing jitter; InGaAs; InP; free-running avalanche diode detectors; photon timing jitter; single-photon avalanche diode detectors;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el.2009.1508
  • Filename
    5238502
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1368707