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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Burlingame, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0731-5
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2012.6358507
