Large active area solid state photon counter with 20 ps timing resolution and 60 fs detection delay stability

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68407700%3A21340%2F17%3A00315496" target="_blank" >RIV/68407700:21340/17:00315496 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4990472" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4990472</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4990472" target="_blank" >10.1063/1.4990472</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Large active area solid state photon counter with 20 ps timing resolution and 60 fs detection delay stability

Original language description

We are reporting on the design, construction, and performance of a photon counting detector system, which is based on single photon avalanche diode detector technology. This photon counting device has been optimized for very high timing resolution and stability of its detection delay. The foreseen application of this detector is laser ranging of space objects, laser time transfer ground to space and fundamental metrology. The single photon avalanche diode structure, manufactured on silicon using K14 technology, is used as a sensor. The active area of the sensor is circular with 200 μm diameter. Its photon detection probability exceeds 40% in the wavelength range spanning from 500 to 800 nm. The sensor is operated in active quenching and gating mode. A new control circuit was optimized to maintain high timing resolution and detection delay stability. In connection to this circuit, timing resolution of the detector is reaching 20 ps FWHM. In addition, the temperature change of the detection delay is as low as 70 fs/K. As a result, the detection delay stability of the device is exceptional: expressed in the form of time deviation, detection delay stability of better than 60 fs has been achieved. Considering the large active area aperture of the detector, this is, to our knowledge, the best timing performance reported for a solid state photon counting detector so far.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

20201 - Electrical and electronic engineering

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Review of Scientific Instruments

ISSN

0034-6748

e-ISSN

1089-7623

Volume of the periodical

88

Issue of the periodical within the volume

10

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

3

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000414174000070

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85032631607