Single-photon detection for long-range imaging and sensing

RH Hadfield, J Leach, F Fleming, DJ Paul, CH Tan… - Optica, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detectors with picosecond timing resolution have advanced rapidly in the past
decade. This has spurred progress in time-correlated single-photon counting applications …

Advances in InGaAs/InP single-photon detector systems for quantum communication

J Zhang, MA Itzler, H Zbinden, JW Pan - Light: Science & Applications, 2015 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are the most sensitive instruments for light detection. In the
near-infrared range, SPDs based on III–V compound semiconductor avalanche photodiodes …

On the genesis and evolution of integrated quantum optics

S Tanzilli, A Martin, F Kaiser… - Laser & Photonics …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Applications of Integrated Optics to quantum sources, detectors, interfaces,
memories and linear optical quantum computing are described in this review. By their …

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

A McCarthy, X Ren, A Della Frera, NR Gemmell… - Optics express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
We have used an InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode detector module in
conjunction with a time-of-flight depth imager operating at a wavelength of 1550 nm, to …

Advances in silicon quantum photonics

JC Adcock, J Bao, Y Chi, X Chen… - IEEE Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Quantum technology is poised to enable a step change in human capability for computing,
communications and sensing. Photons are indispensable as carriers of quantum information …

Single-photon generation and detection

GS Buller, RJ Collins - Measurement Science and Technology, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
The detection and generation of single photons has seen an upsurge in interest in recent
years as new scientific fields of research, for example quantum information processing, have …

Tapered InP nanowire arrays for efficient broadband high-speed single-photon detection

SJ Gibson, B van Kasteren, B Tekcan, Y Cui… - nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with peak efficiencies above 90% and
unrivalled timing jitter (< 30 ps) have emerged as a potent technology for quantum …

Fully integrated free-running InGaAs/InP single-photon detector for accurate lidar applications

C Yu, M Shangguan, H Xia, J Zhang, X Dou… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We present a fully integrated InGaAs/InP negative feedback avalanche diode (NFAD) based
free-running single-photon detector (SPD) designed for accurate lidar applications. A free …

Quantum key distribution over 100 km of underwater optical fiber assisted by a fast-gated single-photon detector

D Ribezzo, M Zahidy, G Lemmi, A Petitjean… - Physical Review …, 2023 - APS
Nowadays quantum key distribution (QKD) represents the most mature quantum technology,
and multiple countries as well as private institutions are building their quantum network …

Room temperature single-photon detectors for high bit rate quantum key distribution

LC Comandar, B Fröhlich, M Lucamarini… - Applied Physics …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We report room temperature operation of telecom wavelength single-photon detectors for
high bit rate quantum key distribution (QKD). Room temperature operation is achieved using …