High-performance InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche photodiode

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 887-893

  Liu, Mingguo ^a,b   Hu, Chong ^b   Bai, Xiaogang ^a,b   Guo, Xiangyi ^b   Campbell, Joe C ^a,b   Pan, Zhong ^c   Tashima, M M ^a,c  

^a IEEE

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c JDS UNIPHASE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterpulsing; Array; Avalanche photodiodes; Dark count rate (DCR); Single photon detection efficiency (SPDE); Timing resolution

Indexed keywords

DARK CURRENTS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; PHOTONS;

DARK COUNT RATE (DCR); NOISE EQUIVALENT POWER (NEP); SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY (SPDE); TIMING RESOLUTION;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 34648857544     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903855     Document Type: Article

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