Meso-photonic Detection with HgCdTe APDs at High Count Rates

The characterization results and analysis from the detection of meso-photonic laser pulses, characterized by zero to tens of photons per pulse, using an in-house developed detector module based on HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are reported. In this detector module, HgCdTe APDs is hybridized to...

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Published in:Journal of electronic materials 2020-11, Vol.49 (11), p.6881-6892
Main Authors: Rothman, Johan, Pes, Salvatore, Bleuet, Pierre, Abergel, Julie, Gout, Sylvain, Nicolas, Jean-Alain, Rostaing, Jean-Pierre, Renet, Sebastien, Mathieu, Lydie, Le Perchec, Jérôme
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Language:English
Subjects:
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry and Materials Science
Electronics and Microelectronics
Engineering Sciences
Instrumentation
Materials Science
Micro and nanotechnologies
Microelectronics
Optical and Electronic Materials
Optics
Photonic
Solid State Physics
Topical Collection: U.S. Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials 2019
U.S. Workshop on Physics and Chemistry of II-VI Materials 2019
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Summary:The characterization results and analysis from the detection of meso-photonic laser pulses, characterized by zero to tens of photons per pulse, using an in-house developed detector module based on HgCdTe avalanche photodiodes (APDs) are reported. In this detector module, HgCdTe APDs is hybridized to a specifically developed Si CMOS amplifier circuit with a low input noise and high bandwidth of 400 MHz that is shown to be capable of detecting single photon events at APD gain in excess of 100. The use of a Si CMOS amplifier with a high bandwidth is crucial to detect pulsed signals at high rates. With the present detector, this has enabled to detect temporally distinguishable single photon events up to a record rate of 500 MHz on a single solid-state detector. The capacity of the detector to characterize mesoscopic light states was demonstrated on an input state of an average of μ = 1.6 photons using a fitting procedure to extract the timing and amplitude of each pulse. This analog approach to analyze the detection of meso-photonic light is shown to be efficient to estimate the attenuated photon state and to calibrate detector characteristics such as the event detection efficiency (87%), the multiplication gain distribution and corresponding excess noise factor ( F  = 1.33) and the timing jitter distribution with a full width half maximum of FWHM= 277 ps.
ISSN:0361-5235
1543-186X
DOI:10.1007/s11664-020-08461-8