A single-photon detector for high-speed telecom-band quantum communication applications

Chuang Liang; Kim F. Lee; Paul L. Voss; Eric Corndorf; Gregory S. Kanter; Jun Chen; Xiaoying Li; Prem Kumar

doi:10.1117/12.616188

A single-photon detector for high-speed telecom-band quantum communication applications

Chuang Liang^*, Kim F. Lee, Paul L. Voss, Eric Corndorf, Gregory S. Kanter, Jun Chen, Xiaoying Li, Prem Kumar

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Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

We present the design and construction of a high-speed telecom-band (1.5 μm) single-photon counting system based on an InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode (APD) operating in the gated Geiger mode. The detector can be gated at high speeds (we examine its performance up to 25 MHz) to maximize the counting rate in long-distance, telecom-band, fiber-optic quantum communication applications. Narrow gate pulses (250 ps full width at half maximum) are used to reduce the dark-count and the after-pulse probability. In order to count the avalanche events, we employ a high-speed comparator to sample the unfiltered and unamplified avalanche photocurrent. The APD and all the associated electronics are integrated onto a printed circuit board with a computer interface. In addition, we cool the APD to -27C to reduce the dark-count probability.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	589314
Pages (from-to)	1-6
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5893
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.616188
State	Published - Dec 1 2005
Event	Quantum Communications and Quantum Imaging III - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 2 2005 → Aug 4 2005

Keywords

Avalanche photodiode
Single-photon detector

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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