Single-Photon Detection Timing Jitter in a Visible Light Photon Counter

Baek, Burm; McKay, Kyle S.; Stevens, Martin J.; Kim, Jungsang; Hogue, Henry H.; Nam, Sae Woo

doi:10.1109/jqe.2010.2042141

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“…The mobility of conduction-band electrons is reduced substantially in this region due to scattering with the high density of neutral donors, and the fact that the electric field is quite low [26]. The mobility of conduction-band electrons is reduced substantially in this region due to scattering with the high density of neutral donors, and the fact that the electric field is quite low [26].…”

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“…Brief descriptions of the VLPC operating principle are outlined in several publications [20,26,32]. Here, we present a more quantitative description of the carrier transport mechanism [33,34], which allows us to construct a concrete model as described in detail in Ref.…”

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“…(b) FWHM values of the timing jitter, measured as a function of the bias voltage at a fixed wavelength of 633 nm and temperature of 7.0 K (gray triangles), and as a function of incident photon wavelength at a fixed bias of 7.2 V and temperature of 7.0 K (black circles).Reprinted with permission from[26]. PCF: photonic crystal fiber, DBS: dichroic beamsplitter, PD: fast photodiode, Filters: color filters and neutral density filters, GM: grating monochromator, SMF: single-mode fiber, TIA: time-interval analyzer.…”

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“…Timing Jitter Measurement for VLPCs: In collaboration with the photonic device group at NIST in Boulder, CO, we published a paper on the timing jitter characteristics of the VLPC at different wavelengths, bias voltages, and temperature [2]. Figure 6 shows the experimental configuration (left) of the timing jitter measurement, where the output of an ultrafast Ti:Sapp laser pumps a photonic crystal fiber to generate supercontinuum.…”

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Advanced Photonic Sensors Enabled by Semiconductor Bonding

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The primary goal of this three-year research program is to establish fusion bonding of semiconductor materials in an ultra-high vacuum (UHV) environment where the properties of the interface can be controlled with atomic-level precision. Such engineering of arbitrary heterointerfaces can be utilized to enable new class of semiconductor optoelectronic devices. The UHV fusion bonding system was designed, constructed and improved in the first two years of the project. In the third year, a wide range of bonding processes has been attempted in UHV and nitrogen environments. More specifically, we (1) utilized the in-situ sputtering system to treat the semiconductor surfaces with selenium prior to bonding, (2) attempted argon and argon/hydrogen plasma treatment of the semiconductor surfaces prior to bonding, and (3) performed wet sulfur passivation techniques prior to introducing the samples into the UHV chamber. We have also arranged near-surface doping of our samples by ion implantation and UV laser annealing to induce surface dipoles. On the detector front, we improved the operational model for visible light photon counters and measured the timing jitter of the devices, which can be explained by the operational model.

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“…10 VLPC was shown to feature a very high QE (∼88% demonstrated for overall system, intrinsic QE estimated > 95%), 11 low multiplication noise (characterized by excess noise factor, ENF∼1.03), 12 photon-number resolving capability (<1% bit-error-rate), 13 and low timing jitter (∼250 ps). 14 While the VLPC has attractive performance features, it was designed for high energy physics experiments and leaves room for further optimization towards applications in quantum information processing experiments. First, since the dominant photon absorption process is across the silicon bandgap, the response is limited to visible wavelength range (0.4-1.0μm).…”

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Visible light photon counters (VLPCs) are solid-state devices providing high quantum efficiency (QE) photon detection (>88%) with photon number resolving capability and low timing jitter (∼250 ps). VLPC features high QE in the 0.4-1.0μm wavelength range, as the main photon absorption mechanism is provided by electron-hole pair generation across the silicon bandgap. In this paper, we will discuss the optical and electrical operating principles of VLPCs, and propose a range of device optimization paths that improves various aspects of VLPC for advanced quantum optics and quantum information processing experiments, both in the UV and the telecom wavelength range.

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Single-Photon Detection Timing Jitter in a Visible Light Photon Counter

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Novel Semiconductor Single-Photon Detectors

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