Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 32, Issue 11, 1667(2024)

Design and characterization of microlens arrays for InGaAs single photon detectors

Chenyang ZHANG1...2, Defeng MO2, Hongyan XU2, Yingjie MA2, Yi GU2, Xue LI2 and Wenxian SU1,* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • 1School of Energy and Power Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai200093, China
  • 2National Key Laboratory of Infrared Detection, Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai00083, China
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    The integrated application of microlens and detector chip can improve the efficiency of light energy utilization of the detector and thus increase the sensitivity of the detector. For two kinds of InP-based InGaAs single-photon infrared detectors, two kinds of square aperture microlens arrays with materials of GaP and Si are designed respectively. The design process of the structural parameters of the microlens arrays is introduced and the design points of each step are analyzed. The structural parameters of the designed microlens arrays are simulated and calibrated by ray tracing software, which determines that the two microlens arrays meet the design requirements. The morphology of the two fabricated microlens arrays was examined using a step meter and a confocal microscope. The curvature deviations of the two microlens arrays were calculated to be 1.38% and 3.44%, respectively. The focal lengths of two microlens arrays in air at 1.064 μm wavelength were tested experimentally, and the focal deviations of 5.69% and 2.76% were obtained in comparison with the simulated results. By analyzing the manufacturing process of microlenses, the two deviations meet the application requirements.

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    Chenyang ZHANG, Defeng MO, Hongyan XU, Yingjie MA, Yi GU, Xue LI, Wenxian SU. Design and characterization of microlens arrays for InGaAs single photon detectors[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2024, 32(11): 1667

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    Received: Jan. 8, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2024

    The Author Email: SU Wenxian (digestsu@163.com)

    DOI:10.37188/OPE.20243211.1667

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