Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode
- Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308 (Japan)
- Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666 (Japan)
We report on visible light single photon detection using a sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode. Detection efficiency of 70.6% was achieved at a wavelength of 520 nm when an electrically cooled silicon avalanche photodiode with a quantum efficiency of 72.4% was used, which implies that a photo-excited single charge carrier in a silicon avalanche photodiode can trigger a detectable avalanche (charge) signal with a probability of 97.6%.
- OSTI ID:
- 22280554
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 104; ISSN APPLAB; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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