Sub-geiger mode single-photon detector using a low-darkcurrent InGaAs avalanche photodiode

Yoshito Miyamoto; Kenji Tsujino; Jun Kataoka; Akihisa Tomita

Sub-geiger mode single-photon detector using a low-darkcurrent InGaAs avalanche photodiode

Yoshito Miyamoto, Kenji Tsujino^*, Jun Kataoka, Akihisa Tomita

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School of Advanced Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We have developed a single-photon detector that uses an InGaAs avalanche photodiode (APD) operating in sub-Geiger mode. Sub-Geiger mode operation is a technique in which an APD is operated at a bias voltage that is lower than the breakdown voltage. This mode considerably reduces afterpulse probability, and single photons that arrive randomly can be detected. In the present study, we reduced the dark count rate of the sub-Geiger mode single-photon detector by using a low-darkcurrent InGaAs APD. Consequently, we obtained a dark count rate (DCR) of 5.6 counts per second (cps) with single-photon detection efficiency (SPDE) of 0.2%. Our single-photon detector is comparable in DCR to that of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012
Publication status	Published - 2012 Dec 1
Event	2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012 - Amsterdam, Netherlands Duration: 2012 Sept 16 → 2012 Sept 20

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Other	2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Period	12/9/16 → 12/9/20

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Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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Sub-geiger mode single-photon detector using a low-darkcurrent InGaAs avalanche photodiode. / Miyamoto, Yoshito; Tsujino, Kenji; Kataoka, Jun et al.
2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012. 2012. (European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC).

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Miyamoto, Y, Tsujino, K, Kataoka, J & Tomita, A 2012, Sub-geiger mode single-photon detector using a low-darkcurrent InGaAs avalanche photodiode. in 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012. European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC, 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on Optical Communications, ECOC 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 12/9/16.

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