Abstract

We report what is to our knowledge the first application of high-efficiency InGaAs/InP photon-counting diode detectors in time-resolved photoluminescence measurements at wavelength greater than 1500 nm. When they were cooled to 77 K and used in conjunction with the time-correlated single-photon counting technique, the detectors were capable of an instrumental response of 230 ps and a noise equivalent power of $2\times {10}^{-17} \mathrm{W} {\mathrm{Hz}}^{-1/2}$. Preliminary measurement of a semiconductor heterostructure indicates sensitivity at photogenerated carrier densities as low as ${10}^{14} {\mathrm{cm}}^{-3}$. This development facilitates the detailed characterization of dominant recombination mechanisms in semiconductor optoelectronic materials and devices designed to operate in the third telecommunications spectral window.

© 2001 Optical Society of America

Time-resolved photoluminescence measurements of InGaAs/InP multiple-quantum-well structures at 1.3-μm wavelengths by use of germanium single-photon avalanche photodiodes

G. S. Buller, S. J. Fancey, J. S. Massa, A. C. Walker, S. Cova, and A. Lacaita
Appl. Opt. 35(6) 916-921 (1996)

Performance and design of InGaAs/InP photodiodes for single-photon counting at 1.55 µm

Philip A. Hiskett, Gerald S. Buller, Alison Y. Loudon, Jason M. Smith, Ivair Gontijo, Andrew C. Walker, Paul D. Townsend, and Michael J. Robertson
Appl. Opt. 39(36) 6818-6829 (2000)

Kilometer-range depth imaging at 1550 nm wavelength using an InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode detector

Aongus McCarthy, Ximing Ren, Adriano Della Frera, Nathan R. Gemmell, Nils J. Krichel, Carmelo Scarcella, Alessandro Ruggeri, Alberto Tosi, and Gerald S. Buller
Opt. Express 21(19) 22098-22113 (2013)

Peltier-cooled and actively quenched operation of InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes as photon counters at a 1.55-µm wavelength

Ivan Prochazka
Appl. Opt. 40(33) 6012-6018 (2001)

Enhancement of the infrared detection efficiency of silicon photon-counting avalanche photodiodes by use of silicon germanium absorbing layers

Alison Y. Loudon, Philip A. Hiskett, Gerald S. Buller, Roger T. Carline, Dave C. Herbert, W. Y. Leong, and John G. Rarity
Opt. Lett. 27(4) 219-221 (2002)