Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APD's

Damien Stucki; Grégoire Ribordy; André Stefanov; Hugo Zbinden; John G. Rarity; Tom Wall

doi:10.1080/09500340108240900

Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APD's

Quantum Physics 2016-08-16 v1

Authors: Damien Stucki , Grégoire Ribordy , André Stefanov , Hugo Zbinden , John G. Rarity , Tom Wall

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Abstract

The performance of three types of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes is investigated for photon counting at 1550 nm in the temperature range of thermoelectric cooling. The best one yields a dark count probability of $% 2.8\cdot 10^{-5}$ per gate (2.4 ns) at a detection efficiency of 10% and a temperature of -60C. The afterpulse probability and the timing jitter are also studied. The results obtained are compared with those of other papers and applied to the simulation of a quantum key distribution system. An error rate of 10% would be obtained after 54 kilometers.

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single-photon avalanche diodes

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0106007,
  title  = {Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APD's},
  author = {Damien Stucki and Grégoire Ribordy and André Stefanov and Hugo Zbinden and John G. Rarity and Tom Wall},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0106007},
  year   = {2016}
}

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8 pages, 10 figures, submitted to Journal of Modern Optics

Photon counting for quantum key distribution with Peltier cooled InGaAs/InP APD's

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