Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 20, 2004002(2023)

Silicon-Based High-Sensitivity Near-Infrared Single-Photon dTOF Detector

Shuaikang Wang1, Danlu Liu1, Qianyu Chen1, Dong Han1, Jiayuan Wang1, Yue Xu1,2、*, and Ping Cao3
Author Affiliations
  • 1College of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China
  • 2National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of RF Integration & Micro-Assembly Technology, Nanjing 210023, Jiangsu , China
  • 3State Key Laboratory of Particle Detection and Electronics Technology, Hefei 244199, Anhui , China
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    Shuaikang Wang, Danlu Liu, Qianyu Chen, Dong Han, Jiayuan Wang, Yue Xu, Ping Cao. Silicon-Based High-Sensitivity Near-Infrared Single-Photon dTOF Detector[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(20): 2004002

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    Category: Detectors

    Received: May. 6, 2023

    Accepted: May. 31, 2023

    Published Online: Oct. 23, 2023

    The Author Email: Xu Yue (yuex@njupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS230936

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