Multipixel silicon avalanche photodiode with ultralow dark count rate at liquid nitrogen temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16885-16897

  Akiba, M ^a   Tsujino, K ^a   Sato, K ^b   Sasaki, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; LIQUID NITROGEN; NITROGEN; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TIMING JITTER;

DARK COUNT RATE; FAST RESPONSE; HIGH-COUNT RATE; LIQUID NITROGEN TEMPERATURE; MULTI-PIXEL PHOTON COUNTERS; PHOTON NUMBER RESOLUTION; SILICON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER;

SILICON;

EID: 70349210677     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016885     Document Type: Article

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