Optically self-balanced ingaAs-InP avalanche photodiode for infrared single-photon detection

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 173-175

  Jian, Yi ^a   Wu, E ^a   Wu, Guang ^a   Zeng, Heping ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Index terms avalanche photodiodes (APDs); Photodetectors

Indexed keywords

DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUE; HIGH EFFICIENCY; INDEX TERMS; INDEX TERMS-AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES (APDS); INP; LOW NOISE; NEAR INFRARED; NOISE CANCELLATION; SELF-BALANCED; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE PHOTONS; SPIKE NOISE;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 77955192030     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2036941     Document Type: Article

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