Title :
Study of afterpulsing in InP-based single photon avalanche diodes for 1.5 μm and 1.06 μm photon counting applications
Author :
Jiang, Xudong ; Itzler, Mark A. ; Nyman, Bruce ; Ben-Michael, Rafael ; Slomkowski, Krystyna
Author_Institution :
Princeton Lightwave Inc., Cranbury
Abstract :
Afterpulsing effects in InP-based single photon avalanche diodes have been studied both experimentally and theoretically. Characterization methods include both gated and free- running operation, and afterpulsing dependence on count rate is reported for both methods.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; avalanche diodes; indium compounds; photon counting; InP; afterpulsing; free-running operation; gated operation; photon counting application; single photon diode; wavelength 1.06 μm; wavelength 1.5 μm; Absorption; Diodes; Indium phosphide; Infrared detectors; Laser radar; Probability; Pulse measurements; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telecommunications; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2007. LEOS 2007. The 20th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Lake Buena Vista, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0924-2
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2007.4382473
