Photonic quantum technologies promise a revolution of the world of information processing,
from simulation and computing to communication and sensing, thanks to the many …

In this Topical Review, we survey the state-of-the-art of single photon detectors based on
avalanche diodes fabricated in the InGaAsP materials system for photon counting at near …

This paper highlights a significant advance in time-of-flight depth imaging: by using a
scanning transceiver which incorporated a free-running, low noise superconducting …

Organic–inorganic halide perovskites have attracted enormous attention for future
optoelectronic applications because of their remarkable optical and electrical properties …

Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with peak efficiencies above 90% and
unrivalled timing jitter (< 30 ps) have emerged as a potent technology for quantum …

We present the performance of a novel InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
with high detection efficiency and low noise thanks to the improvement of Zinc diffusion …

We demonstrated a laser ranging system with single photon detection at 1550 nm. The
single-photon detector was a 1-GHz sine-wave gated InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode. In …

The design, modeling, fabrication, and characterization of single-photon avalanche diode
detectors with an epitaxial Ge absorption region grown directly on Si are presented. At 100 …

We describe a gated Geiger-mode single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detection system
in which both gating and avalanche discrimination are implemented by coherent addition of …

Gated single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are practical solutions for quantum key
distribution (QKD) applications. However, the gating frequency is limited by time jitter and …