Temporal and spatial multiplexed infrared single-photon counter based on high-speed avalanche photodiode

Sci Rep. 2017 Mar 15:7:44600. doi: 10.1038/srep44600.

Abstract

We report on a high-speed temporal and spatial multiplexed single-photon counter with photon-number-resolving capability up to four photons. The infrared detector combines a fiber loop to split, delay and recombine optical pulses and a 200 MHz dual-channel single-photon detector based on InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiode. To fully characterize the photon-number-resolving capability, we perform quantum detector tomography and then reconstruct its positive-operator-valued measure and the associated Wigner functions. The result shows that, despite of the afterpulsing noise and limited system detection efficiency, this temporal and spatial multiplexed single-photon counter can already find applications for large repetition rate quantum information schemes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't