Title :
Overview of single photon detection technologies
Author :
Farr, William H.
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
Abstract :
Single photon detectors are one of the essential tools connecting the photonic and electronic domains at the quantum level. A plethora of single photon detector technologies and their acronyms available today - PMT, IPD, SPAD, SNSPD, MKID, RULLE, NFAD, TCB, DAPD, TES, and many others - primarily because all have significant gaps to “ideal” performance and practical usability. Some do approach ideal performance in a specific metric such as detection efficiency or dark count rate, and there is promising new progress in new material systems and new understandings of the semiconductor avalanche gain process.
Keywords :
avalanche photodiodes; photodetectors; dark count rate; detection efficiency; electronic domain; photonic domain; quantum level; semiconductor avalanche gain process; single photon detection technologies; Avalanche photodiodes; Cathodes; Detectors; Impact ionization; Indium gallium arsenide; Photonics; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358468
