Title :
Low Dark Count Rate and High Single Photon Detection Efficiency Avalanche Photodiode in Geiger-mode Operation
Author :
Liu, Mingguo ; Bai, Xiaogang ; Hu, Chong ; Guo, Xiangyi ; Campbell, Joe C. ; Zheng, Xiaoguang ; Pan, Zhong ; Toshima, Mark M.
Author_Institution :
Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904
Keywords :
Avalanche photodiodes; Counting circuits; Dark current; Event detection; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Optical attenuators; Optical pulses; Quantum computing; Voltage; avalanche photodiodes; dark count rate; single photon detectors;
Conference_Titel :
Device Research Conference, 2006 64th
Conference_Location :
State College, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9748-7
DOI :
10.1109/DRC.2006.305099