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Photon counting techniques with silicon avalanche photodiodes
Abstract
The properties of avalanche photodiodes and associated electronics required for photon counting in the Geiger and the sub-Geiger modes are reviewed. When the Geiger mode is used, there are significant improvements reported in overall photon detection efficiencies (approaching 70% at 633 nm), and a timing jitter (under 200 ps) is achieved with passive quenching at high overvoltages (20-30 V). The results obtained by using an active-mode fast quench circuit capable of switching overvoltages as high as 15 V (giving photon detection efficiencies in the 50% range) with a dead time of less than 50 ns are reported. Larger diodes (up to 1 mm in diameter) that are usable in the Geiger mode and that have quantum efficiencies over 80% in the 500-800-nm range are also reported.
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- Authors
- Dautet, H., Deschamps, P., Dion, B., MacGregor, A. D., MacSween, D., McIntyre, R. J., Trottier, C., & Webb, P. P.
- Venue
- Applied Optics
- Publisher
- Optica Publishing Group
- Published
- 1993-07-20
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 21
- Pages
- 3894
- ISSN
- 0003-6935 (ISSN-L)
- 1539-4522
- OpenAlex
- W2170401481
- Cited by
- 284
- References
- 9
- FWCI
- 40.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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