Compact InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Detector Module with Ultra-Narrowband Interference Circuits

Zhengyu Yan; Tingting Shi; Yuanbin Fan; Lai Zhou; Zhiliang Yuan

doi:10.34133/adi.0029

journal article Jan 01, 2023

Compact InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Detector Module with Ultra-Narrowband Interference Circuits

Zhengyu Yan Tingting Shi

Yuanbin Fan

Lai Zhou Zhiliang Yuan

Advanced Devices & Instrumentation Vol. 4 · American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Abstract

Gated InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes are the most practical device for detection of telecom single photons arriving at regular intervals. Here, we report the development of a compact single-photon detector (SPD) module measured just 8.8 × 6 × 2 cm
3
in size and fully integrated with driving signal generation, faint avalanche readout, and discrimination circuits as well as temperature regulation and compensation. The readout circuit employs our previously reported ultra-narrowband interference circuits (UNICs) to eliminate the capacitive response to the gating signal. We characterize a UNIC-SPD module with a 1.25-GHz clock input and find its performance comparable to its counterpart built upon discrete functional blocks. Setting its detection efficiency to 30% for 1,550-nm photons, we obtain an afterpulsing probability of 2.4% and a dark count probability of 8 × 10
−7
per gate under 3-ns hold-off time. We believe that UNIC-SPDs will be useful in important applications such as quantum key distribution.

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