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View SchemaThe breakdown flash of Silicon Avalance Photodiodes - backdoor for eavesdropper attacks?
| Authors | Christian Kurtsiefer, Patrick Zarda, Sonja Mayer, Harald Weinfurter |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0104103 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0104103 |
| DOI | 10.1080/09500340108240905 |
| Journal | J. Mod. Opt. 48, 2039-2047 (2001) |
Abstract
Silicon avalanche photodiodes are the most sensitive photodetectors in the visible to near infrared region. However, when they are used for single photon detection in a Geiger mode, they are known to emit light on the controlled breakdown used to detect a photoelectron. This fluorescence light might have serious impacts on experimental applications like quantum cryptography or single-particle spectroscopy. We characterized the fluorescence behaviour of silicon avalanche photodiodes in the experimentally simple passive quenching configuration and discuss implications for their use in quantum cryptography systems.
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"title": "The breakdown flash of Silicon Avalance Photodiodes - backdoor for eavesdropper attacks?",
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