Cooled avalanche photodiodes used for photon detection

Deborah L. Robinson; Brian D. Metscher

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Cooled avalanche photodiodes used for photon detection

Deborah L. Robinson, Brian D. Metscher

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Abstract

Commercial avalanche photodiodes (APDs) have been operated as single-photon detectors at an optimum operating temperature and bias voltage. These detectors were found to be 1.5 to 3 times more sensitive than presently-available photomultiplier tubes (PMTs). Both single-photon detection probability and detector noise increase with bias voltage, detection probabilities greater than 25% were obtained with detector noise levels comparable to the noise of a PMT; higher probabilities were measured at higher noise levels. The sources of noise and their dependence on temperature and bias voltage are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	32-37
Number of pages	6
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	750
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.939855
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 1987

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

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