[HTML][HTML] Invited review article: Single-photon sources and detectors

MD Eisaman, J Fan, A Migdall… - Review of scientific …, 2011 - aip.scitation.org
We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector
technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We discuss …

New frontiers in time-domain diffuse optics, a review

A Pifferi, D Contini, AD Mora, A Farina… - … of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The recent developments in time-domain diffuse optics that rely on physical concepts (eg,
time-gating and null distance) and advanced photonic components (eg, vertical cavity …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in InGaAs/InP single-photon detector systems for quantum communication

J Zhang, MA Itzler, H Zbinden, JW Pan - Light: Science & Applications, 2015 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are the most sensitive instruments for light detection. In the
near-infrared range, SPDs based on III–V compound semiconductor avalanche photodiodes …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] High performance planar germanium-on-silicon single-photon avalanche diode detectors

P Vines, K Kuzmenko, J Kirdoda, DCS Dumas… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Single-photon detection has emerged as a method of choice for ultra-sensitive
measurements of picosecond optical transients. In the short-wave infrared, semiconductor …

Single-photon generation and detection

GS Buller, RJ Collins - Measurement Science and Technology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The detection and generation of single photons has seen an upsurge in interest in recent
years as new scientific fields of research, for example quantum information processing, have …

Advances in InGaAsP-based avalanche diode single photon detectors

MA Itzler, X Jiang, M Entwistle… - Journal of Modern …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In this Topical Review, we survey the state-of-the-art of single photon detectors based on
avalanche diodes fabricated in the InGaAsP materials system for photon counting at near …

Fast-gated single-photon counting technique widens dynamic range and speeds up acquisition time in time-resolved measurements

A Tosi, A Dalla Mora, F Zappa, A Gulinatti, D Contini… - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
In many time-domain single-photon measurements, wide dynamic range (more than 5
orders of magnitude) is required in short acquisition time (few seconds). We report on the …

256× 2 SPAD line sensor for time resolved fluorescence spectroscopy

N Krstajić, J Levitt, S Poland, S Ameer-Beg… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
We present a CMOS chip 256× 2 single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) line sensor, 23.78
µm pitch, 43.7% fill factor, custom designed for time resolved emission spectroscopy (TRES) …

InGaAs/InP single-photon detectors with 60% detection efficiency at 1550 nm

YQ Fang, W Chen, TH Ao, C Liu, L Wang… - Review of Scientific …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
InGaAs/InP single-photon detectors (SPDs) are widely used for near-infrared photon
counting in practical applications. Photon detection efficiency (PDE) is one of the most …