Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode

Yong-Su Kim; Youn-Chang Jeong; Sebastien Sauge; Vadim Makarov; Yoon-Ho Kim

doi:10.1063/1.3641294

Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode

Instrumentation and Detectors 2011-09-30 v3 Quantum Physics

Authors: Yong-Su Kim , Youn-Chang Jeong , Sebastien Sauge , Vadim Makarov , Yoon-Ho Kim

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Abstract

We report operation and characterization of a lab-assembled single-photon detector based on commercial silicon avalanche photodiodes (PerkinElmer C30902SH, C30921SH). Dark count rate as low as 5 Hz was achieved by cooling the photodiodes down to -80 C. While afterpulsing increased as the photodiode temperature was decreased, total afterpulse probability did not become significant due to detector's relatively long deadtime in a passively-quenched scheme. We measured photon detection efficiency higher than 50% at 806 nm.

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single-photon detector silicon avalanche photodiode dark count rate afterpulsing photon detection efficiency passive quenching

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@article{arxiv.1105.0869,
  title  = {Ultra-low noise single-photon detector based on Si avalanche photodiode},
  author = {Yong-Su Kim and Youn-Chang Jeong and Sebastien Sauge and Vadim Makarov and Yoon-Ho Kim},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.0869},
  year   = {2011}
}

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