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Development of a high-quantum-efficiency single-photon counting system

Appl. Phys. Lett. 74, 1063 (1999); doi:10.1063/1.123482

Issue Date: 22 February 1999

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Shigeki Takeuchi
JST-PRESTO "Field and Reactions," A.T.R.C. Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Amagasaki, Hyogo 661-8661, Japan

Jungsang Kim and Yoshihisa Yamamoto
ERATO Quantum Fluctuation Project, E. L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4085

Henry H. Hogue
Research and Technology Center, Boeing North American, Anaheim, California 92803
A high-quantum-efficiency single-photon counting system has been developed. In this system, single photons were detected by a visible light photon counter operated at 6.9 K. The visible light photon counter is a solid state device that makes use of avalanches across a shallow impurity conduction band in silicon. Threefold tight shielding and viewports that worked as infrared blocking filters were used to eliminate the dark count caused by room-temperature radiation. Corrected quantum efficiencies as high as 88.2%±5% (at 694 nm) were observed, which we believe is the highest reported value for a single-photon detector. The dark count increased as the exponential of the quantum efficiency with changing temperature or bias voltage, and was 2.0 × 104 cps at the highest quantum efficiency. ©1999 American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 31 August 1998; accepted 18 December 1998
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 42.50.Ar
    Optics Quantum optics Photon statistics and coherence theory
  • 85.60.Gz
    Electronic and magnetic devices; microelectronics Optoelectronic devices Photodetectors (including infrared and CCD detectors)
  • 42.79.Ci
    Optics Optical elements, devices, and systems Filters, zone plates, and polarizers
  • YEAR: 1999

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