Ultralow-noise readout circuit with an avalanche photodiode: toward a photon-number-resolving detector
Applied Optics, Vol. 46, Issue 7, pp. 1009-1014 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.46.001009
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Abstract
The charge-integration readout circuit was fabricated to achieve an ultralow-noise preamplifier for photoelectrons generated in an avalanche photodiode with linear mode operation at 77 K. To reduce the various kinds of noise, the capacitive transimpedance amplifier was used and consisted of low-
capacitance circuit elements that were cooled with liquid nitrogen. As a result,
the readout noise is equal to 3.0 electrons averaged for a period of
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OCIS Codes
(040.3780) Detectors : Low light level
(040.5160) Detectors : Photodetectors
(040.6040) Detectors : Silicon
History
Original Manuscript: May 2, 2006
Revised Manuscript: August 25, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: October 16, 2006
Published: February 12, 2007
Citation
Kenji Tsujino, Makoto Akiba, and Masahide Sasaki, "Ultralow-noise readout circuit with an avalanche photodiode: toward a photon-number-resolving detector," Appl. Opt. 46, 1009-1014 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-46-7-1009
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