Fully programmable single-photon detection module for InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes with clean and sub-nanosecond gating transitions

A Tosi, A Della Frera, A Bahgat Shehata… - Review of Scientific …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
We present the design and characterization of a modern near-infrared photon counting
module, able to exploit the best performance of InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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) …

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 …

Nanosecond single-photon timing with InGaAs/InP photodiodes

F Zappa, A Lacaita, S Cova, P Webb - Optics letters, 1994 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate that separate absorption and multiplication InGaAs/InP avalanche
photodiodes can work biased above the breakdown voltage and detect the arrival time of …

Single-photon avalanche diodes for the near-infrared range: detector and circuit issues

A Tosi, AD Mora, F Zappa, S Cova - Journal of Modern Optics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Recently developed InGaAs/InP devices suitable as single-photon avalanche diodes
(SPADs) in the near-infrared range provide good detection efficiency and low time jitter …

Temporal jitter in free-running InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche detectors

E Amri, G Boso, B Korzh, H Zbinden - Optics Letters, 2016 - opg.optica.org
Negative-feedback avalanche diodes (NFADs) provide a practical solution for different
single-photon counting applications requiring free-running mode operation with low …