800 MHz Single-photon detection at 1550-nm using an InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode operated with a sine wave gating

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 10043-10048

  Namekata, N ^a   Sasamori, S ^a   Inoue, S ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; NOTCH FILTERS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

AC NOISE; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; GATE SIGNAL; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 33750337529     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010043     Document Type: Article

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