Recording weak light fluxes by avalanche photodiodes in photon counting mode

I. R. Gulakov; S. A. Malyshev; S. A. Shunevitch

doi:10.1117/12.166353

31 December 1993 Recording weak light fluxes by avalanche photodiodes in photon counting mode

I. R. Gulakov, S. A. Malyshev, S. A. Shunevitch

Proceedings Volume 2161, CIS Selected Papers: Photometry; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166353
Event: Photometry: Selected Papers from the 8th and 9th CIS Conferences, 1992, Moscow, Russian Federation

Abstract

The photon counters based on avalanche photodiodes feature a number of advantages, compared with those based on traditional photodetectors-photoelectric multipliers. This is essential when recording weak optical signals of a small duration with subnanosecond time resolution. Photon counting with industrial silicon photodiodes, as well as with the avalanche photodetectors based on a metal-dielectric-semiconductor structure, has been reported with a presentation of their main single-electron characteristics. The aim of this work is to study the quantum efficiency of recording and the threshold sensitivity of avalanche photodiodes in the photon counting mode.

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I. R. Gulakov, S. A. Malyshev, and S. A. Shunevitch "Recording weak light fluxes by avalanche photodiodes in photon counting mode", Proc. SPIE 2161, CIS Selected Papers: Photometry, (31 December 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.166353

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