Dark count probability and quantum efficiency of avalanche photodiodes for single-photon detection

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2955-2957

  Kang, Y ^a   Lu, H X ^a   Lo, Y H ^a   Bethune, D S ^b   Risk, W P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

DARK COUNT PROBABILITY;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0142167494     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1616666     Document Type: Article

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