Hgcdte avalanche photodiodes: Application for infra-red detection

Author

Rothman, J. ; Foubert, K. ; Mollard, Laurent ; Pere-Laperne, Nicolas ; Salvetti, Federica ; Kerlain, Alexandre ; Reibel, Yann

Author_Institution

Leti, CEA, Grenoble, France

fYear

2014

fDate

7-9 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

HgCdTe avalanche photodiode focal plane arrays (FPAs) and single element detectors have been developed for a large scope of photon starved applications. The present communication present the characteristics of our most recent detector developments that opens the horizon of low infrared (IR) photon number detection with high information conservation for imaging, atmospheric lidar and free space telecommunications. In particular, we report on the performance of TEC cooled large detectors with sensitive diameters ranging from 30-200 μm characterised by detector gains of 2-20 V/μW W and noise equivalent input power of 0.1-1 nWfor bandwidth ranging from 20-400 MHz.

Keywords

II-VI semiconductors; avalanche photodiodes; focal planes; infrared detectors; mercury compounds; photodetectors; FPA; HgCdTe; IR photon number detection; TEC cooled large detector; atmospheric lidar; avalanche photodiode; bandwidth 20 MHz to 400 MHz; focal plane array; free space telecommunication; infrared photon number detection; photon starved application; power 0.1 nW to 1 nW; single element detector; size 30 mum to 200 mum; Bandwidth; Detectors; Gain measurement; Imaging; Laser radar; Noise; Photonics; APD; HgCdTe; LADEE; LIDAR; LLCD; focal plane array; free-space telecom;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Low Temperature Electronics (WOLTE), 2014 11th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WOLTE.2014.6881011

Filename

6881011