Low-noise high-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector

doi:10.1364/OE.18.007010

Low-noise high-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector

Xiuliang Chen, E Wu, Guang Wu, and Heping Zeng »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 7, pp. 7010-7018 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.007010

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A low-noise high-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector was demonstrated with a double-self-differencing spike signal cancellation technique. A photon-number resolving method was used to analyze the ratio of avalanche signal to background noise. By adding a post-self-differencing circuit to the pre-self-differencing circuit, the signal to noise ratio was improved by 11.0 dB. The typical error count probability was as low as 2.1% and 6.4% at the detection efficiency of 20.6% and 30.5%, respectively.

OCIS Codes
(030.5260) Coherence and statistical optics : Photon counting
(040.0040) Detectors : Detectors
(270.0270) Quantum optics : Quantum optics

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History
Original Manuscript: October 23, 2009
Revised Manuscript: February 18, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: March 12, 2010
Published: March 22, 2010

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Xiuliang Chen, E Wu, Guang Wu, and Heping Zeng, "Low-noise high-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector," Opt. Express 18, 7010-7018 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-7-7010

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[1] C. H. Bennett, and G. Brassard, “Quantum cryptography: Public key distribution and coin tossing”, in Proceedings of the IEEE international Conference on Computers, Systems and Signal Processing (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, 1984), pp. 175–179.

[2] X. F. Mo, B. Zhu, Z. F. Han, Y. Z. Gui, and G. C. Guo, “Faraday-Michelson system for quantum cryptography,” Opt. Lett. 30(19), 2632–2634 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] K. Gordon, V. Fernandez, G. Buller, I. Rech, S. Cova, and P. Townsend, “Quantum key distribution system clocked at 2 GHz,” Opt. Express 13(8), 3015–3020 (2005). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[4] C. Zhou, G. Wu, X. Chen, and H. Zeng, “Plug and play” quantum key distribution system with differential phase shift,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83(9), 1692–1694 (2003). [CrossRef]

[5] P. Michler, A. Kiraz, C. Becher, W. V. Schoenfeld, P. M. Petroff, L. Zhang, E. Hu, and A. Imamoğlu, “A quantum dot single-photon turnstile device,” Science 290(5500), 2282–2285 (2000). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] A. Wehr and U. Lohr, “Airborne laser scanning—an introduction and overview,” ISPRS J. Photogramm. Remote Sens. 54(2-3), 68–82 (1999). [CrossRef]

[7] T. Isoshima, Y. Isojima, K. Hakomori, K. Kikuchi, K. Nagai, and H. Nakagawa, “Ultrahigh sensitivity single-photon detector using a Si avalanche photodiode for the measurement of ultraweak biochemiluminescence,” Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66(4), 2922–2926 (1995). [CrossRef]

[8] A. Lacaita, F. Zappa, S. Cova, and P. Lovati, “Single-photon detection beyond 1 µm: performance of commercially available InGaAs/lnP detectors,” Appl. Opt. 35(16), 2986–2996 (1996). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[9] A. Tomita and K. Nakamura, “Balanced, gated-mode photon detector for quantum-bit discrimination at 1550 nm,” Opt. Lett. 27(20), 1827–1829 (2002). [CrossRef]

[10] D. S. Bethune, W. P. Risk, and G. W. Pabst, “A high-performance integrated single-photon detector for telecom wavelengths,” J. Mod. Opt. 51, 1359–1368 (2004).

[11] N. Namekata, S. Sasamori, and S. Inoue, “800 MHz single-photon detection at 1550-nm using an InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode operated with a sine wave gating,” Opt. Express 14(21), 10043–10049 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[12] G. Ribordy, J. D. Gautier, H. Zbinden, and N. Gisin, “Performance of InGaAs/InP Avalanche Photodiodes as Gated-Mode Photon Counters,” Appl. Opt. 37(12), 2272–2277 (1998). [CrossRef]

[13] A. Tomita and K. Nakamura, “Balanced, gated-mode photon detector for quantum-bit discrimination at 1550 nm,” Opt. Lett. 27(20), 1827–1829 (2002). [CrossRef]

[14] G. Wu, C. Zhou, X. Chen, and H. Zeng, “High performance of gated-mode single-photon detector at 1.55 μm,” Opt. Commun. 265(1), 126–131 (2006). [CrossRef]

[15] G. Wu, Y. Jian, E. Wu, and H. Zeng, “Photon-number-resolving detection based on InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode in the sub-saturated mode,” Opt. Express 17(21), 18782–18787 (2009). [CrossRef]

[16] Z. L. Yuan, B. E. Kardynal, A. W. Sharpe, and A. J. Shields, “High speed single photon detection in the near infrared,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(4), 041114 (2007). [CrossRef]

[17] B. E. Kardynal, Z. L. Yuan, and A. J. Shields, “An avalanche-photodiode-based photon-number-resolving detector,” Nat. Photonics 2(7), 425–428 (2008). [CrossRef]

[18] L. Xu, E. Wu, X. Gu, Y. Jian, G. Wu, and H. Zeng, “High-speed InGaAs/InP-based single-photon detector with high efficiency,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 94(16), 161106 (2009). [CrossRef]

[19] X. Chen, E. Wu, L. Xu, Y. Liang, G. Wu, and H. Zeng, “Photon-number resolving performance of the InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode with short gates,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 95(13), 131118 (2009). [CrossRef]

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