10-MHz single photon counting at 1.3 μm
- 15 March 1984
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 44 (6), 581-582
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.94847
Abstract
We have demonstrated single photon detection (for λ=1.3 μm) at a counting rate of 10 MHz. This is the highest photon counting rate ever achieved. We find that the quantum efficiency η is a weak function of the dark count rate of rd, namely, η∝(rd)0.2. These results are encouraging for possible quantum limited lightwave receiver applications.Keywords
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