• DocumentCode
    577886
  • Title

    Single photon detection with sine gated dual InGaAs/InP avalanche diodes

  • Author

    Lu, Zhiwen ; Sun, Wenlu ; Campbell, Joe ; Jiang, Xudong ; Itzler, Mark A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    23-27 Sept. 2012
  • Firstpage
    98
  • Lastpage
    99
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a technique cancel common mode signals of sinusoidally gated single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). This approach enables the elimination of narrow-band filters that fix the frequency of conventional single photon detection with sine wave gating.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; avalanche diodes; gallium arsenide; indium compounds; photons; InGaAs-InP; common mode signals; narrow-band filters; sine gated dual avalanche diodes; sine wave gating; single photon avalanche diodes; single photon detection; Indium gallium arsenide; Indium phosphide; Lasers; Logic gates; Photonics; Power system transients; Receivers; InP; afterpulsing; dark count rate; infrared photons; photon counting; single-photon avalanche diode; single-photon detection;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Burlingame, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0731-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358507
  • Filename
    6358507