High Temperature Cryogenic Single Photon Detector with Ultra-Low Time Jitter and Dark Count Rate for Spaceborne Quantum Communication Applications
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Tomio, Hannah; Yang, Guangning; Lu, Wei; Xu, Xiaozhen; Orlov, Dmitry; Kernen, Emilie; Glazenborg, Rene; Cahoy, Kerri
- Source
- 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2023 Conference on. :1-2 May, 2023
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Timing jitter
Detectors
Cryogenics
Laser applications
Electrooptical waveguides
Quantum communication
Testing
- Language
We report the development and testing of a photon-counting detector for space-borne quantum communication applications with an ultra-low dark count rate (10 counts per second) and low timing jitter (40 ps FWHM, 17 ps σ, 140 ps 1%) at a non-cryogenic temperature of -60°C.