Single-photon counting for the 1300-1600-nm range by use of peltier-cooled and passively quenched ingaas avalanche photodiodes

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 36, 2000, Pages 6746-6753

  Rarity, John G ^a   Wall, Thomas E ^a   Ridley, Kevin D ^a   Owens, Philippa C M ^a   Tapster, Paul R ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PELTIER COOLING;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0000421107     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.006746     Document Type: Article

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