VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN FOLLOWER AVOIDS HARD THERMAL CONSTRAINTS IN A GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE

Authors
VITERBINI M NOZZOLI S POLI M ADRIANI A NOZZOLI F OTTAVIANO A PONZO S
Citation
M. Viterbini et al., VOLTAGE BREAKDOWN FOLLOWER AVOIDS HARD THERMAL CONSTRAINTS IN A GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE, Applied optics, 35(27), 1996, pp. 5345-5347
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
35
Issue
27
Year of publication
1996
Pages
5345 - 5347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1996)35:27<5345:VBFAHT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
A novel approach to single-photon detection by means of an avalanche p hotodiode is described and preliminary results obtained by implementat ion of a prototype are reported. The electronic circuit (breakdown vol tage follower) avoids the use of complex temperature controls typicall y used with these devices, thus reducing system complexity and cost. D ata obtained without any thermoregulation show the same behavior with respect to systems thermoregulated to within a few hundredths of a deg ree celsius. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America