An integral gated mode single photon detector at telecom wavelengths

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 6922-6925

  Wei, Zhengjun ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Wang, Jindong ^a   Liao, Changjun ^a   Guo, Jianping ^a   Liang, Ruisheng ^a   Liu, Songhao ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING PROBABILITY; DARK CURRENTS; GATES (TRANSISTOR); WAVELENGTH;

AVALANCHE PULSES; GATED MODE OPERATION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS; TELECOMMUNICATION WAVELENGTHS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES;

EID: 36448929857     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/22/011     Document Type: Article

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