• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 3, 030401 (2016)
Yafan Shi1, Zhaohui Li1, Baicheng Feng1, Peiqin Yan1, Bingcheng Du1, Hui Zhou2, Haifeng Pan1, and Guang Wu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.030401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Yafan Shi, Zhaohui Li, Baicheng Feng, Peiqin Yan, Bingcheng Du, Hui Zhou, Haifeng Pan, Guang Wu. Enhanced solar-blind ultraviolet single-photon detection with a Geiger-mode silicon avalanche photodiode[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 030401 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental setup. Xe Lamp, xenon lamp; L1, L2, UV fused silica lenses; Dia1, 2, diaphragm; Attn, attenuator. Insets: (a) Collecting device based on a concave mirror. (b) Collecting device based on a coated level hemisphere.
    Fig. 1. Experimental setup. Xe Lamp, xenon lamp; L1, L2, UV fused silica lenses; Dia1, 2, diaphragm; Attn, attenuator. Insets: (a) Collecting device based on a concave mirror. (b) Collecting device based on a coated level hemisphere.
    Spectral response of the Si APD and the PMT.
    Fig. 2. Spectral response of the Si APD and the PMT.
    Increase of the detection efficiency and the enhancement factor of the Si APD with the collecting concave mirror at different wavelengths.
    Fig. 3. Increase of the detection efficiency and the enhancement factor of the Si APD with the collecting concave mirror at different wavelengths.
    Si APD counting rate as a function of the incident photon intensity at 280 nm.
    Fig. 4. Si APD counting rate as a function of the incident photon intensity at 280 nm.
     T (%)R1 (%)R2 (%)η0 (%)η (%)
    Experimental8573354.504.67
    Optimal10073904.5013.11
    Table 1. Parameters of the Collecting Device and the Detection Efficiency
    Yafan Shi, Zhaohui Li, Baicheng Feng, Peiqin Yan, Bingcheng Du, Hui Zhou, Haifeng Pan, Guang Wu. Enhanced solar-blind ultraviolet single-photon detection with a Geiger-mode silicon avalanche photodiode[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(3): 030401
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