Gigacount/second photon detection with InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

Electronics Letters

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-113

  Patel, K A ^a,b   Dynes, J F ^b   Sharpe, A W ^b   Yuan, Z L ^b   Penty, R V ^a   Shields, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TOSHIBA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNT RATES; DETECTION SENSITIVITY; FOUR-ORDER; FREQUENCY SIGNALS; HIGH-COUNT RATE; PHOTON DETECTION; PHOTON FLUX; QUANTUM INFORMATION APPLICATIONS; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; TELECOM WAVELENGTHS; THERMOELECTRICALLY-COOLED;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM;

EID: 84857343599     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el.2011.3265     Document Type: Article

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