Room-temperature high-speed InGaAs/InP single-photon detector with high detection efficiency

Zhihe Liu, Qilai Fei, Yan Liang, Heping Zeng

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Abstract

InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are one of the optimum choices for the practical applications requiring singlephoton detection in the near-infrared. In this paper, we demonstrate a high-speed single-photon detector (SPD) based on an APD working at room temperature with high detection efficiency. Ultrashort pulses are employed as the gating signals applied on the APD to reduce the avalanche time, efficiently reducing the error counts which include the dark count and afterpulses. Low-pass filters are cascaded to remove the spike noise down to the thermal noise level, guaranteeing the extraction of the photon-induced avalanche signal. Finally, the detection efficiency of 50.4% at 1310 nm is achieved with the dark count rate (DCR) of 3.1×10-4/gate and the afterpulse probability (AP) of 5.6% at 1 GHz at the temperature of ∼21â.,. This room-temperature SPD with such high performance could further expanding the APD's applications in ranging and imaging systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAOPC 2019
Subtitle of host publicationQuantum Information Technology
EditorsJianyu Wang, Chaoyang Lu, Sven Hofling
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510634503
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
EventApplied Optics and Photonics China 2019: Quantum Information Technology, AOPC 2019 - Beijing, China
Duration: 7 Jul 20199 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11339
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceApplied Optics and Photonics China 2019: Quantum Information Technology, AOPC 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period7/07/199/07/19

Keywords

  • avalanche photodiode
  • high-speed detection
  • single-photon detection

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