Germanium and InGaAs/InP SPADs for single-photon detection in the near-infrared

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6771, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tosi, Alberto ^a   Dalla Mora, Alberto ^a   Zappa, Franco ^a   Cova, Sergio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Active quenching; Afterpulsing; Dark count rate; Gated detector; Infrared photons; Photon timing; Single photon counting; Single photon detector; TCSPC; Time jitter

Indexed keywords

GATE DIELECTRICS; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE; TIMING JITTER;

ACTIVE QUENCHING; AFTERPULSING; DARK COUNT RATE; GATED DETECTOR; INFRARED PHOTONS; PHOTON TIMING; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS; TIME JITTER;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 42449162640     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.734961     Document Type: Conference Paper

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