Approaches to single photon detection

Thew, Rob; Curtz, Noe; Eraerds, Patrick; Walenta, Nino; Gautier, Laurent Vincent; Koller, Valérie Anne; Zhang, Jun; Gisin, Nicolas; Zbinden, Hugo

doi:10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.031

Scientific article

English

Approaches to single photon detection

ContributorsThew, Rob

; Curtz, Noe; Eraerds, Patrick; Walenta, Nino; Gautier, Laurent Vincent; Koller, Valérie Anne; Zhang, Jun; Gisin, Nicolas; Zbinden, Hugo

Published inNuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, vol. 610, no. 1, p. 16-19

Publication date2009

Abstract

We present recent results on our development of single photon detectors, including: gated and free-running InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes (APDs); hybrid detection systems based on sum-frequency generation (SFG) and Si APDs—SFG–Si APDs; and SSPDs (superconducting single photon detectors), for telecom wavelengths; as well as SiPM (Silicon photomultiplier) detectors operating in the visible regime.

Keywords

Single photon detection
Avalanche photodiode
Superconducting detector
Up-conversion
OTDR
Silicon photomultiplier
Metrology
Quantum communication
Quantum key distribution
Quantum random number generators

Affiliation entities

Citation (ISO format)

THEW, Rob et al. Approaches to single photon detection. In: Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section A, Accelerators, spectrometers, detectors and associated equipment, 2009, vol. 610, n° 1, p. 16–19. doi: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.031

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:11785
DOI : 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.031

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0168900209009917

Journal ISSN0168-9002

739views

3downloads

Creation23/08/2010 11:33:00

First validation23/08/2010 11:33:00

Update time14/03/2023 16:06:15

Status update14/03/2023 16:06:15

Last indexation29/10/2024 17:06:55

Archive ouverte UNIGE

Approaches to single photon detection

Technical informations