DocumentCode :
2560132
Title :
A high-performance single photon avalanche detector for telecom wavelengths
Author :
Liu, Mingguo ; Bai, Xiaogang ; Hu, Chong ; Guo, Xiangyi ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Pan, Zhong ; Tashima, Mark M. ; Zheng, Xiaoguang
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA
fYear :
0
fDate :
0-0 0
Firstpage :
13
Lastpage :
14
Abstract :
An In0.53Ga0.47As/InP avalanche photodiode with very high performance (dark count rate = 12 kHz and single photon detection efficiency = 45% at 1.3 mum and 200 K) is reported
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; avalanche photodiodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; optical communication equipment; photodetectors; 1.3 mum; 12 kHz; 200 K; 45 percent; In0.53Ga0.47As-InP; In0.53Ga0.47As/InP avalanche photodiode; dark count rate; single photon avalanche detector; single photon detection efficiency; Avalanche photodiodes; Breakdown voltage; Counting circuits; Dark current; Detectors; Indium phosphide; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Pulsed power supplies; Telecommunications; avalanche photodiodes; dark count rate; detection efficiency; single photon detectors;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2006 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Quebec City, Que.
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0090-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2006.1694044
Filename :
1694044
Link To Document :
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