High performance planar germanium-on-silicon single-photon avalanche diode detectors

Peter Vines; Kateryna Kuzmenko; Jarosław Kirdoda; Derek C. S. Dumas; Muhammad M. Mirza; Ross W. Millar; Douglas J. Paul; Gerald S. Buller

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08830-w

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

High performance planar germanium-on-silicon single-photon avalanche diode detectors

Peter Vines,
Kateryna Kuzmenko,
Jarosław Kirdoda,
Derek C. S. Dumas,
Muhammad M. Mirza,
Ross W. Millar,
Douglas J. Paul,
Gerald S. Buller

Affiliations

Peter Vines: Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Kateryna Kuzmenko: Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University
Jarosław Kirdoda: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Derek C. S. Dumas: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Muhammad M. Mirza: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Ross W. Millar: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Douglas J. Paul: School of Engineering, University of Glasgow
Gerald S. Buller: Institute of Photonics and Quantum Sciences, School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, Heriot-Watt University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08830-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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By incorporating germanium, single-photon avalanche diode detectors using silicon-based platforms are applied to infrared light detection. Here, a cost-effective planar detector geometry is presented yielding high detection efficiency suitable for applications such as sparse photon imaging or LIDAR.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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