Photon Counting with Passive Quenched Silicon Avalanche

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S. Deachapunya
D. Jarukanont
P. Panthong
S. Chiangga

Abstract

We investigate the performance of silicon avalanche photodiode (APD) with passive quenching circuit for photon counting in the near-infrared range. The characterizations of an APD colled at -20 °C are described in terms of dark counts, operating temperature and bias-voltage.


Keywords:  optoelectronics, optical detector.


Corresponding author: E-mail: cast@kmitl.ac.th

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