Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 9, 0904001(2024)

A P-I-N Structure Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Detector with Low Dark Count Rate

Zheng Li1, Danlu Liu1, Jie Dong1, Dajing Bian1, and Yue Xu1,2、*
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
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    Cross-sectional view of P-I-N SPAD
    Simulation results of SPAD. (a) I-V curves of P-I-N SPAD; (b) electric field distribution of P-I-N SPAD; (c) 2D electric field distribution (D3); (d) 2D electric field distribution (D2)
    Device photos and test results. (a) Micrograph of the SPAD; (b) I-V DC characteristic curves
    Test results of DCR and AP. (a) DCR versus excess voltage at different temperatures; (b) post-pulse histogram when D3=5 μm
    PDP as a function of photon wavelength
    Comparison of proposed SPAD with the other state-of-the-art SPADs
    • Table 1. Key performance comparison of P-I-N SPADs

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      Table 1. Key performance comparison of P-I-N SPADs

      MethodTechnologyJunctionAP /%VBD /VPeak PDP /% @λ /nmPDP /% @901 nmDCR /(s-1·μm-2)@ VEX /V
      Gramuglia et al.2180 nm CMOSP-I-N0.12-32255@4804.60.2@6
      Liu et al.355 nm CMOSP+/DNWN/A26.120.3@6605.920@2
      Sun et al.455 nm BSI CMOSP+/N wellN/A20.525.2@640120.36@2.5
      Wu et al.5180 nm CMOSN+/P well4.530.826@5203.24.03@10
      Veerappan et al.6180 nm CMOSP-I-N0.08<404751.5@11
      Vornicu et al.7110 nm CISPW/DNW0.5N/A64@5005.50.4@3
      Gramuglia et al.855 nm BCDDPW/BNW0.9731.562@5305.60.1-2.6@1-7
      This work180 nm BCDP-I-N1.25641@60060.56@5
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    Zheng Li, Danlu Liu, Jie Dong, Dajing Bian, Yue Xu. A P-I-N Structure Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Detector with Low Dark Count Rate[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2024, 44(9): 0904001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Detectors

    Received: Nov. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Feb. 27, 2024

    Published Online: May. 15, 2024

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

    DOI:10.3788/AOS231800

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS231800

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