Single-photon detection beyond 1 ¼m: Performance of commercially available InGaAs/InP detector

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 2986-2996

  Lacaita, A ^a   Zappa, F ^a   Cova, C ^a   Lovati, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; InGaAs InP detector; Photon counting; Photon timing; Single photon detection

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000924408     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.002986     Document Type: Article

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