Recent progress on cooled avalanche photodiodes for single photon detection

Authors: A. Dorokhov¹; A. Glauser¹; Y. Musienko²; C. Regenfus¹; S. Reucroft²; J. Swain²

Source: Journal of Modern Optics, Volume 51, Numbers 9-10, 15 June-10 July 2004 , pp. 1351-1357(7)

Publisher: Taylor and Francis Ltd

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Abstract:

Recent results on the properties of cooled avalanche photodiodes for single photon detection are presented. Results from Hamamatsu silicon photodiodes, originally developed as radiation-hard photodetectors for high energy physics experiments, are extremely encouraging. Gains of approximately 10,000 can be achieved with the APD operating in proportional mode. Together with a low noise amplifier they allow photon counting with extremely high efficiency and very low noise making cold APDs almost ideal single photon detectors. Operation of APDs in Geiger mode is also reported, together with measurements of detection efficiency and noise as function of operating voltage. Prospects and hopes for future work are briefly summarized.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1080/09500340410001674402

Affiliations: 1: Physik-Institut der Universitat Zurich Switzerland 2: Department of Physics Northeastern University Boston MA 02115 USA

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