Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 23, 2313001(2023)

Design and Verification of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode with High Gain at Low Overbias Voltage

Rongqing Yi... Yang Wang, Zhixiang Cao and Xiangliang Jin* |Show fewer author(s)
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  • School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, Hunan , China
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    Three-dimensional cross-sectional schematic of SPAD
    Simulated I-V curve of SPAD
    Device simulation results of TCAD. (a) Electric field distribution; (b) impact ionization distribution; (c) current density distribution; (d) photon absorption rate
    Light generation and absorption rate distribution of SPAD device
    Microscope and layout images of device. (a) Microscope image; (b) layout image
    Test platform of SPAD. (a) Schematic of passive quenching circuit; (b) test platform of passive quenching circuit
    I-V characteristic test curve of SPAD
    PDP test results of SPAD device
    Dark count rate (DCR) of SPAD device
    Schematic diagram of mixed simulation model
    Pulse curve simulated by SPAD model
    Measured curve and model simulation curve of SPAD
    • Table 1. Comparison of PDP test results of reported SPADs and proposed SPAD

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      Table 1. Comparison of PDP test results of reported SPADs and proposed SPAD

      DeviceProcess /μmPDP /%Temperature /℃DCR /(Hz·μm-2
      SPAD10.1837.5(1.0 V/500 nm)251.23
      SPAD20.1323.0(2.0 V/610 nm)1.13
      SPAD30.1334.0(1.7 V/450 nm)25640.00
      SPAD40.1824.0(1.0 V/480 nm)250.86
      SPAD50.1813.0(1.0 V/480 nm)251.50
      Proposed SPAD0.1842.7(1.0 V/560 nm)2211.50
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    Rongqing Yi, Yang Wang, Zhixiang Cao, Xiangliang Jin. Design and Verification of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode with High Gain at Low Overbias Voltage[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(23): 2313001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Integrated Optics

    Received: Jun. 19, 2023

    Accepted: Sep. 6, 2023

    Published Online: Dec. 12, 2023

    The Author Email: Jin Xiangliang (jinxl@hunnu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231156

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