• 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
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2560132