Free-running InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with active quenching for single photon counting at telecom wavelengths

Thew, Rob; Stucki, Damien; Gautier, Jean-Daniel; Zbinden, Hugo; Rochas, A.

doi:10.1063/1.2815916

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English

Free-running InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with active quenching for single photon counting at telecom wavelengths

ContributorsThew, Rob

; Stucki, Damien; Gautier, Jean-Daniel; Zbinden, Hugo

; Rochas, A.

Published inApplied physics letters, vol. 91, no. 20, 201114

Publication date2007

Abstract

We present an InGaAs/InPavalanche photodiode with an active quenching circuit on an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) that is capable of operating in both gated and free-running modes. The 1.6mm2 ASIC chip is fabricated using complementary metal oxide semiconductortechnology guaranteeing long-term stability, reliability, and compactness. In the free-running mode, we find a single photon detection efficiency of 10% with <2kHz of noise

Keywords

Avalanche photodiodes
Photons
Integrated circuits
Telecommunications
Materials quenching

Affiliation entities

Faculté des sciences / Section de physique / Groupe de physique appliquée

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THEW, Rob et al. Free-running InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with active quenching for single photon counting at telecom wavelengths. In: Applied physics letters, 2007, vol. 91, n° 20, p. 201114. doi: 10.1063/1.2815916

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PID : unige:36697
DOI : 10.1063/1.2815916

Additional URL for this publicationhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/91/20/10.1063/1.2815916

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Free-running InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with active quenching for single photon counting at telecom wavelengths

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