GHz InGaAs/InP single-photon detector with tunable repetition frequencies

Tian-Ye WANG; Qi-Lai FEI; Bo XU; Yan LIANG; He-Ping ZENG

doi:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2021.06.019

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