Title : 
Ultra Low Noise InGaAs Single Photon Detector with Transient Carrier Buffer
         
        
            Author : 
Zhao, Kai ; Zhang, Arthur ; Farr, William ; Lo Yu-Hwa
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Univ. of California, San Diego
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Sub-Geiger mode single photon detection with ultra low excess noise is demonstrated on an InGaAs based avalanche detector with transient carrier buffer.
         
        
            Keywords : 
III-V semiconductors; avalanche diodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; InGaAs; Sub-Geiger mode single photon detection; avalanche detector; single photon detector; transient carrier buffer; Absorption; Active noise reduction; Charge carrier processes; Circuit noise; Detectors; Energy barrier; Indium compounds; Indium gallium arsenide; Oscilloscopes; Pulse amplifiers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Lake Buena Vista, FL
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0925-9
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
1092-8081
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382471