Mun, S.C.L.T., Tan, C.H., Dimler, S.J. et al. (4 more authors) (2009) A theoretical comparison of the breakdown behavior of In0.52Al0.48As and InP near-infrared single-photon avalanche photodiodes. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 45 (5-6). pp. 566-571. ISSN 0018-9197
Abstract
We study the breakdown characteristics and timing statistics of InP and In0.52Al0.48As single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs) with avalanche widths ranging from 0.2 to 1.0 mu m at room temperature using a random ionization path-length model. Our results show that, for a given avalanche width, the breakdown probability of In0.52Al0.48As SPADs increases faster with overbias than InP SPADs. When we compared their timing statistics, we observed that, for a given breakdown probability, InP requires a shorter time to reach breakdown and exhibits a smaller timing jitter than In0.52Al0.48As. However, due to the lower dark count probability and faster rise in breakdown probability with overbias, In0.52Al0.48As SPADs with avalanche widths <= 0.5 mu m are more suitable for single-photon detection at telecommunication wavelengths than InP SPADs. Moreover, we predict that, in InP SPADs with avalanche widths <= 0.3 mu m and In0.52Al0.48As SPADs with avalanche widths <= 0.2 mu m, the dark count probability is higher than the photon count probability for all applied biases.
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Keywords: | Avalanche breakdown; InP; In0.52Al0.48As; single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs); timing statistics |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Miss Anthea Tucker |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jun 2009 14:50 |
Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2014 08:51 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2009.2013094 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/JQE.2009.2013094 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:8731 |