Practical fast gate rate InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche photodiodes

J Zhang, R Thew, C Barreiro, H Zbinden - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
We present a practical and easy-to-implement method for high-speed near infrared single-
photon detection based on InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs) …

Single-photon detection beyond 1 μm: performance of commercially available InGaAs/InP detectors

A Lacaita, F Zappa, S Cova, P Lovati - Applied Optics, 1996 - opg.optica.org
Commercially available InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes, designed for optical receivers
and range finders, can be operated biased above the breakdown voltage, achieving single …

Gate-free InGaAs/InP single-photon detector working at up to 100 Mcount/s

A Tosi, C Scarcella, G Boso, F Acerbi - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, there has been considerable effort to develop photon-counting detectors for the
near-infrared wavelength range, but the main limitation is to have a practical detector with …

Gigahertz-gated InGaAs/InP single-photon detector with detection efficiency exceeding 55% at 1550 nm

LC Comandar, B Fröhlich, JF Dynes… - Journal of Applied …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
We report on a gated single-photon detector based on InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes
(APDs) with a single-photon detection efficiency exceeding 55% at 1550nm. Our detector is …

InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode with reduced afterpulsing and sharp timing response with 30 ps tail

A Tosi, F Acerbi, M Anti, F Zappa - IEEE Journal of quantum …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a new
Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) made in InGaAs/InP for photon-counting operations …

InGaAs/InP single-photon detector gated at 1.3 GHz with 1.5% afterpulsing

C Scarcella, G Boso, A Ruggeri… - IEEE Journal of selected …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We demonstrate a single-photon detector based on InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche
diodes (SPADs) sinusoidal-gated at 1.3 GHz with very low afterpulsing (about 1.5%), high …

Low-noise, low-jitter, high detection efficiency InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode

A Tosi, N Calandri, M Sanzaro… - IEEE Journal of selected …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the performance of a novel InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
with high detection efficiency and low noise thanks to the improvement of Zinc diffusion …

Free-running single-photon detection based on a negative feedback InGaAs APD

T Lunghi, C Barreiro, O Guinnard… - Journal of Modern …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
InGaAs/InP-based semiconductor avalanche photodiodes are usually employed for single-
photon counting at telecom wavelength. However they are affected by afterpulsing which …

InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes show low dark counts and require moderate cooling

A Tosi, A Dalla Mora, F Zappa, S Cova… - Quantum Sensing …, 2009 - spiedigitallibrary.org
InGaAs/InP devices suitable as Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) for photon
counting and photon timing applications in the near-infrared provide good detection …

High-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector with high efficiency

L Xu, E Wu, X Gu, Y Jian, G Wu, H Zeng - Applied Physics Letters, 2009 - pubs.aip.org
An efficient single-photon detector at telecom wavelength of 1.55 μ m was realized with an
InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode at− 30 C⁠. By implementing a short gating pulse and …