Internal cancellation of spikes using two avalanche photodiodes in series for single photon detection
Internal cancellation of spikes using two avalanche photodiodes in series for single photon detection
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DOI:
10.1088/1674-1056/19/8/080308
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发表时间:
2010-08
影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Liu Yun;Wu Qing-Lin;Han Zhengfu;Dai Yi-min;Guo Guangcan
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作者:
Liu Yun;Wu Qing-Lin;Han Zhengfu;Dai Yi-min;Guo Guangcan
We propose a method of improving the performance of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes by using two avalanche photodiodes in series as single photon detectors for 1550-nm wavelength. In this method, the raw single photon avalanche signals are not attenuated, thus a high signal-to-noise ratio can be obtained compared with the existing results. The performance of the scheme is investigated and the ratio of the dark count rate to the detection efficiency is obtained to be 1.3×10−4 at 213 K.