DocumentCode
577862
Title
Overview of single photon detection technologies
Author
Farr, William H.
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
23-27 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
20
Lastpage
21
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0731-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358468
Filename
6358468
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