Multi-gigahertz operation of photon counting InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Yuan, Z L ^a   Sharpe, A W ^a   Dynes, J F ^a   Dixon, A R ^a,b   Shields, A J ^a  

^a TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERPULSING; BIT RATES; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY;

EID: 77249157395     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3309698     Document Type: Article

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