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Radiation-Resistant Photon-Counting Detector Package Providing Sub-ps Stability for Laser Time Transfer in Space

Prochzaka, Ivan·Kodat, Jan·Blazej, Josef·Sun, Xiaoli
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We are reporting on a design, construction and performance of photon-counting detector packages based on silicon avalanche photodiodes. These photon-counting devices have been optimized for extremely high stability of their detection delay. The detectors have been designed for future applications in fundamental metrology and optical time transfer in space. The detectors have been qualified for operation in space missions. The exceptional radiation tolerance of the detection chip itself and of all critical components of a detector package has been verified in a series of experiments.

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Prochzaka, Ivan, Kodat, Jan, Blazej, Josef, Sun, Xiaoli. 2015-08-10. Radiation-Resistant Photon-Counting Detector Package Providing Sub-ps Stability for Laser Time Transfer in Space. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20160003696

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