Single-photon avalanche diode detectors based on group IV materials

Today there are several types of photodetectors that can cope with the task of detecting a single photon, however, avalanche photodiodes are most widely used for applications in fiber-optic communication systems and quantum cryptography. In the past 5 years experimental fabrication of single-photon...

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Published in:Applied nanoscience 2022-03, Vol.12 (3), p.253-263
Main Authors: Izhnin, Ihor I., Lozovoy, Kirill A., Kokhanenko, Andrey P., Khomyakova, Kristina I., Douhan, Rahaf M. H., Dirko, Vladimir V., Voitsekhovskii, Alexander V., Fitsych, Olena I., Akimenko, Nataliya Yu
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Language:English
Subjects:
Avalanche diodes
Chemistry and Materials Science
CMOS
Communications systems
Diode detectors
Fiber optics
Materials Science
Membrane Biology
Molecular beam epitaxy
Nanochemistry
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology and Microengineering
Photodiodes
Photometers
Photon avalanches
Photons
Quantum cryptography
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State-of-the-art reviews
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Summary:Today there are several types of photodetectors that can cope with the task of detecting a single photon, however, avalanche photodiodes are most widely used for applications in fiber-optic communication systems and quantum cryptography. In the past 5 years experimental fabrication of single-photon avalanche detectors within conventional complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor technology and by the method of molecular beam epitaxy have made possible many demonstrations of avalanche photodetectors with exceptional performance characteristics and opened wide perspectives for development of devices of new generation. In this work, we review state-of-the-art designs of single-photon avalanche photodiodes based on group IV materials, their operating characteristics, and achieved values of basic parameters, as well as the methods of their synthesis, and outline the perspectives of using such structures in emerging device applications.
ISSN:2190-5509
2190-5517
DOI:10.1007/s13204-021-01667-0