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Title: Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode

Abstract

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%.

Authors:
; ;  [1];  [2]
  1. Institute of Quantum Science, Nihon University, 1-8-14 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8308 (Japan)
  2. Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22280554
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 4; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; CHARGE CARRIERS; EXCITATION; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; RADIATION DETECTION; SILICON; VISIBLE RADIATION

Citation Formats

Suzuki, Shingo, Namekata, Naoto, Inoue, Shuichiro, and Tsujino, Kenji. Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4861645.
Suzuki, Shingo, Namekata, Naoto, Inoue, Shuichiro, & Tsujino, Kenji. Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861645
Suzuki, Shingo, Namekata, Naoto, Inoue, Shuichiro, and Tsujino, Kenji. 2014. "Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4861645.
@article{osti_22280554,
title = {Highly enhanced avalanche probability using sinusoidally-gated silicon avalanche photodiode},
author = {Suzuki, Shingo and Namekata, Naoto and Inoue, Shuichiro and Tsujino, Kenji},
abstractNote = {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%.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4861645},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22280554}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 4,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Mon Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}