Photon counting in the 1540-nm wavelength region with a germanium avalanche photodiode

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 75-79

  Duraffourg, L ^a   Merolla J M ^a   Goedgebuer, J P ^b   Butterlin, N ^b   Rhodes, W T ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CRYPTOGRAPHY; PHOTONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM;

PHOTON COUNTERS; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPAD);

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0343026646     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.892727     Document Type: Article

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