The possibility of operating author-designed avalanche photodetectors with a large photosensitive surface (7-mm
2 area) in the photon counting mode at room temperatures is shown. The characteristics of these photodetectors and ΦД-115Л
avalanche photodiodes are compared in the photon counting mode.
PACS numbers 29.40.Wk - 85.60.Dw - 85.60.Gz
Original Russian Text © I.R. Gulakov, V.B. Zalesskii, A.O. Zenevich, T.R. Leonova, 2007, published in Pribory i Tekhnika Eksperimenta,
2007, No. 2, pp. 112–115.