• DocumentCode
    2995668
  • Title

    800MHz Single-Photon Detection at 1550-nm Using an InGaAs/InP Avalanche Photodiode Operated with a Sinusoidal Gating

  • Author

    Namekata, N. ; Sasamori, S. ; Inoue, S.

  • Author_Institution
    Institute of Quantum Science, Niohon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8308 Japan, nnao@phys.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Single-photon detection at 1550-nm using an InGaAs/InP-avalanche photodiode operated with an 800MHz sinusoidal gating was reported. The quantum efficiency was 8.5% with the dark count probability of 9.2X10-6 and the overall afterpulsing probability of 6.0%.
  • Keywords
    Avalanche photodiodes; Capacitors; Circuits; Electric resistance; Frequency; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Optical devices; Optical fibers; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801376
  • Filename
    4801376
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2995668