Photon counting using a large area avalanche photodiode cooled to 100 K

Autor:	Eric G. Hufstedler, Nathan G. Woodard, Gregory P. Lafyatis
Rok vydání:	1994
Předmět:	Physics Photon Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors business.industry Detector Photodetector Avalanche photodiode Photon counting Optics Silicon photomultiplier Single-photon avalanche diode Optoelectronics Quantum efficiency business
Zdroj:	Applied Physics Letters. 64:1177-1179
ISSN:	1077-3118 0003-6951
DOI:	10.1063/1.110881
Popis:	We have detected single 650 nm photons with quantum efficiencies greater than 60% using a large area silicon avalanche photodiode. We cool a 5 mm diam commercially available device to 100 K and operate in the gain‐mode. For most applications—from the near‐infrared to the ultraviolet—this device is the most sensitive photon counting detector that has ever been demonstrated. In typical photon counting applications, this detector should prove to be between two and one hundred times more sensitive than the best currently available devices.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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