InGaAs single photon avalanche detector with ultralow excess noise

被引：37

作者：

Zhao, Kai ^{[1
]}

Zhang, Arthur

Lo, Yu-Hwa

Farr, William

机构：

[1] Univ Calif San Diego, Dept Phys, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[2] Univ Calif San Diego, ECE Dept, La Jolla, CA 92093 USA

[3] Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91011 USA

来源：

APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2007年 / 91卷 / 08期

基金：

美国国家航空航天局;

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D O I：

10.1063/1.2772231

中图分类号：

O59 [应用物理学];

学科分类号：

摘要：

An InGaAs single photon avalanche detector capable of sub-Geiger mode (Photomultiplier-tube-like) operation is reported. The device achieves a stable gain at around 10(6). The gain fluctuation is greatly suppressed through a self-quenching effect, thus an equivalent excess noise factor as low as 1.001 is achieved. In the photon counting experiment, the device is operated in the nongated mode under a dc bias. Because of its unique characteristics of self-quenching and self-recovery, no external quenching circuit is needed. The device shows a single photon response of around 30 ns and a self-recovery time of about 300 ns. (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics.

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