Approaches to single photon detection

✍ Scribed by R.T. Thew; N. Curtz; P. Eraerds; N. Walenta; J.-D. Gautier; E. Koller; J. Zhang; N. Gisin; H. Zbinden

• Book ID: 104066888
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 281 KB
• Volume: 610
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0168-9002
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2009.05.031

✦ Synopsis

We present recent results on our development of single photon detectors, including: gated and freerunning InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes (APDs); hybrid detection systems based on sum-frequency generation (SFG) and Si APDs-SFG-Si APDs; and SSPDs (superconducting single photon detectors), for telecom wavelengths; as well as SiPM (Silicon photomultiplier) detectors operating in the visible regime.