• DocumentCode
    2871914
  • Title

    Fast lifetime measurements of infrared emitters with low-jitter superconducting single photon detectors

  • Author

    Stevens, Martin J. ; Hadfield, Robert H. ; Schwall, Robert E. ; Gupta, James A. ; Nam, Sae Woo ; Mirin, Richard P.

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We use a superconducting single photon detector with ~65 ps jitter and < 40 Hz dark count rate to measure spontaneous emission lifetimes of quantum wells emitting light in the 900-1300 nm wavelength range.
  • Keywords
    infrared detectors; photodetectors; semiconductor quantum dots; fast lifetime measurements; infrared emitters; low jitter superconducting single photon detectors; quantum wells; spontaneous emission lifetimes; time 65 ps; wavelength 900 nm to 1300 nm; Gas detectors; Infrared detectors; Jitter; Lifetime estimation; Optical interferometry; Photonics; Spontaneous emission; Stimulated emission; Superconducting photodetectors; Wavelength measurement; (160.6000) Semiconductors, including MQW; (230.5160) Photodetectors; (320.5390) Picosecond phenomena;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628281
  • Filename
    4628281