PHOTON-COUNTING WITH PASSIVELY QUENCHED GERMANIUM AVALANCHE

P C M  OWENS; J G  RARITY; P R  TAPSTER; D  Knight; P D  TOWNSEND

PHOTON-COUNTING WITH PASSIVELY QUENCHED GERMANIUM AVALANCHE

P C M OWENS
, J G RARITY
, P R TAPSTER
, D Knight
, P D TOWNSEND

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Abstract

We demonstrate photon counting in germanium avalanche photodiodes biased beyond breakdown and quenched with a simple series resistance circuit. The devices show moderate (> 7%) quantum efficiency with limited afterpulsing and dark counts and subnanosecond jitter.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6895-6901
Number of pages	7
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	33
Issue number	30
Publication status	Published - 20 Oct 1994

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