Title :
Low-timing-jitter near-Infrared single-photon-sensitive 16-channel intensified-photodiode detector
Author :
Krainak, Michael A. ; Lu, Wei ; Yang, Guangning ; Sun, Xiaoli ; Sykora, Derek ; Jurkovic, Mike ; Aebi, Verle ; Costello, Ken ; Burns, Richard
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
We developed a 16-channel InGaAsP photocathode intensified-photodiode (IPD) detector with 78 ps (1-sigma) timing-jitter, <; 500 ps FWHM impulse response, >;15% quantum efficiency at 1064 nm wavelength with 131 kcps dark counts at 15 C.
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; photocathodes; photodetectors; photodiodes; timing jitter; FWHM impulse response; InGaAsP; low-timing-jitter near-infrared single-photon-sensitive 16-channel intensified-photodiode detector; photocathode intensified-photodiode detector; quantum efficiency; temperature 15 C; time 78 ps; wavelength 1064 nm; Cathodes; Detectors; Histograms; Photomultipliers; Photonics; Temperature measurement; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
