Fast lifetime measurements of infrared emitters using a low-jitter superconducting single-photon detector

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Stevens, Martin J ^a   Hadfield, Robert H ^a   Schwall, Robert E ^a   Nam, Sae Woo ^a   Mirin, Richard P ^a   Gupta, James A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DARK COUNT RATE; GAUSSIAN TEMPORAL RESPONSE FUNCTION; LOW-JITTER SUPERCONDUCTING SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR;

EMITTER COUPLED LOGIC CIRCUITS; JITTER; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 33746316766     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2221516     Document Type: Article

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