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We have done experiments on the detection of single photons at a wavelength of 1.3 μm using a gated Ge avalanche photodiode pulse biased above breakdown. The influence of traps on the breakdown voltage was measured and the possibility of using such an ultrasensitive photodiode as a quantum limited detector for optical communications is discussed.
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Levine et al. (1984) studied this question.
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