Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing

RH Hadfield, J Leach, F Fleming, DJ Paul, CH Tan… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

Recent advances and future perspectives of single‐photon avalanche diodes for quantum photonics applications

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, A Gulinatti… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic quantum technologies promise a revolution of the world of information processing,
from simulation and computing to communication and sensing, thanks to the many …

On-chip infrared photonics with Si-Ge-heterostructures: What is next?

IA Fischer, M Brehm, M De Seta, G Isella, DJ Paul… - APL Photonics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The integration of Ge on Si for photonics applications has reached a high level of maturity:
Ge photodetectors are available on the Si platform in foundry processes, and Si/Ge …

Silicon photonic devices for scalable quantum information applications

L Feng, M Zhang, J Wang, X Zhou, X Qiang… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
With high integration density and excellent optical properties, silicon photonics is becoming
a promising platform for complete integration and large-scale optical quantum information …

Room temperature operation of germanium–silicon single-photon avalanche diode

N Na, YC Lu, YH Liu, PW Chen, YC Lai, YR Lin, CC Lin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The ability to detect single photons has led to the advancement of numerous research
fields,,,,,,,,,–. Although various types of single-photon detector have been developed …

Recent advances in Si-compatible nanostructured photodetectors

R Douhan, K Lozovoy, A Kokhanenko, H Deeb, V Dirko… - Technologies, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this review the latest advances in the field of nanostructured photodetectors are
considered, stating the types and materials, and highlighting the features of operation …

Ge-on-Si single-photon avalanche diode detectors for short-wave infrared wavelengths

F Thorburn, X Yi, ZM Greener, J Kirdoda… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Germanium-on-silicon (Ge-on-Si) based single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs)
have recently emerged as a promising detector candidate for ultra-sensitive and picosecond …

High-performance waveguide coupled Germanium-on-silicon single-photon avalanche diode with independently controllable absorption and multiplication

H Wang, Y Shi, Y Zuo, Y Yu, L Lei, X Zhang, Z Qian - Nanophotonics, 2023 - degruyter.com
Abstract Germanium-on-silicon (Ge-on-Si) single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have
received wide attention in recent years due to their potential to be integrated with Si …

Exploiting the single-photon detection performance of InGaAs negative-feedback avalanche diode with fast active quenching

J Liu, Y Xu, Y Li, Z Liu, X Zhao - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
InGaAs/InP-based negative-feedback avalanche diodes (NFADs) for 1550 nm single-photon
detection with easy-to-use and low-afterpulsing features have attracted many researchers …

Afterpulsing in Ge-on-Si single-photon avalanche diodes

X Yi, Z Greener, F Fleming, J Kirdoda… - IEEE Photonics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we investigate afterpulsing in 26 and diameter planar geometry Ge-on-Si single-
photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detectors, by use of the double detector gating method with …