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Near room temperature 1.3 μm single photon counting with a InGaAs avalanche photodiode
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Quantum PhotonicsEngineeringμM Single PhotonRoom Temperature 1.3InstrumentationQuantum SciencePhotonicsPhysicsPhotoelectric MeasurementPhoton StatisticIngaas Avalanche PhotodiodeQuantum OpticLong WavelengthsIii–v ApdApplied PhysicsQuantum DevicesHigh Quantum EfficiencyQuantum Photonic DeviceOptoelectronics
We report the first single-photon counting experiments in a III–V APD. High quantum efficiency, ν=12%, near-room-temperature operation, T=−20°C, has been achieved at long wavelengths λ=1.3 μm.