Ge-on-Si Single Photon Avalanche Diode Detectors for LIDAR in the Short Wave Infrared

Ross W. Millar,Jarosław Kirdoda,Kateryna Kuzmenko,P. Vines,Abderrahim Halimi,Robert J. Collins,Aurora Maccarone,Aongus McCarthy,Zoe M. Greener,Fiona Thorburn,D. C. S. Dumas,Lourdes Ferre Llin,Muhammad M. Mirza,Douglas J. Paul,Gerald S. Buller

Ge-on-Si Single Photon Avalanche Diode Detectors for LIDAR in the Short Wave Infrared

2020

Ross W. Millar
Jarosław Kirdoda
Kateryna Kuzmenko
P. Vines
Abderrahim Halimi
Robert J. Collins
Aurora Maccarone
Aongus McCarthy
Zoe M. Greener
Fiona Thorburn
D. C. S. Dumas
Lourdes Ferre Llin
Muhammad M. Mirza
Douglas J. Paul
Gerald S. Buller

Ge-on-Si single photon avalanche diodes are used to demonstrate LIDAR in laboratory conditions. Modelling demonstrates that eye-safe kilometre range-finding is achievable at 1450nm wavelength. Afterpulsing is found to be considerably lower than commercial InGaAs/InP devices.

Keywords:

Wavelength
Detector
Electric field
Single-photon avalanche diode
Optics
short wave infrared
Diode
Photon
Lidar
Materials science

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