Development and Application of InP-Based Single Photon Detectors

Runyu Huang; Weilin Zhao; Hui Zeng; Zaibo Li; Zepeng Hou; Haifeng Ye; Wei Wang; Jiaxin Zhang; Chen Liu; Xueyan Yang; Hongxia Zhu; Yanli Shi; Yuntian Jiang

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.1011009

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