• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 7, 074204-1 (2020)
Hai-Yan Zhang1, Lin-Li Wang1, Chen-Yi Wu1, Yu-Rong Wang1, Lei Yang1, Hai-Feng Pan1, Qiao-Li Liu2, Xia Guo2, Kai Tang3, Zhong-Ping Zhang3, and Guang Wu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2School of Electronic Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China
  • 3Shanghai Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200030, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20191875 Cite this Article
    Hai-Yan Zhang, Lin-Li Wang, Chen-Yi Wu, Yu-Rong Wang, Lei Yang, Hai-Feng Pan, Qiao-Li Liu, Xia Guo, Kai Tang, Zhong-Ping Zhang, Guang Wu. Avalanche photodiode single-photon detector with high time stability[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(7): 074204-1 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of APD single-photon detection circuit, in which the illustration is the semiconductor structure of the Geiger-mode Si APD.
    Fig. 1. Schematic of APD single-photon detection circuit, in which the illustration is the semiconductor structure of the Geiger-mode Si APD.
    (a) The waveform of the rising edge of the avalanche pulse; (b) the curve of the mean amplitude of the avalanche pulses with the bias voltage; (c) the time jitter of the APD single-photon detector.
    Fig. 2. (a) The waveform of the rising edge of the avalanche pulse; (b) the curve of the mean amplitude of the avalanche pulses with the bias voltage; (c) the time jitter of the APD single-photon detector.
    Schematic of temperature control and bias voltage compensation based on the FPGA board.
    Fig. 3. Schematic of temperature control and bias voltage compensation based on the FPGA board.
    The curve of the detection delay with the bias voltage of the Si APD.
    Fig. 4. The curve of the detection delay with the bias voltage of the Si APD.
    The delay drift as a function of the environment temperature from 16 ℃ to 36 ℃: (a) The delay drift before and after the compensation by the bias voltage; (b) the delay drift after the compensation by the bias voltage.
    Fig. 5. The delay drift as a function of the environment temperature from 16 ℃ to 36 ℃: (a) The delay drift before and after the compensation by the bias voltage; (b) the delay drift after the compensation by the bias voltage.
    Comparison diagram of time deviation of the APD single-photon detector before and after the compensation by the bias voltage.
    Fig. 6. Comparison diagram of time deviation of the APD single-photon detector before and after the compensation by the bias voltage.
    Hai-Yan Zhang, Lin-Li Wang, Chen-Yi Wu, Yu-Rong Wang, Lei Yang, Hai-Feng Pan, Qiao-Li Liu, Xia Guo, Kai Tang, Zhong-Ping Zhang, Guang Wu. Avalanche photodiode single-photon detector with high time stability[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(7): 074204-1
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