The utility model discloses a single-
photon detector, which comprises a controller, a bias
voltage generating circuit, a
refrigeration temperature control circuit, a gating
voltage generating circuit, an avalanche
signal extraction circuit and an
avalanche photodiode (APD)
refrigeration box, and is characterized in that one end of the bias
voltage generating circuit, one end of the gating voltage generating circuit and one end of the avalanche
signal extraction circuit are connected to the controller; one end of the
refrigeration temperature control circuit is connected to a TEC of the APD refrigeration box, the other end of the
refrigeration temperature control circuit is connected to the controller, the other end of the avalanche
signal extraction circuit is connected to an
anode of an APD in the APD refrigeration box through an
alternating current coupling capacitor C2, the
anode of the APD is grounded through a sampling
resistor R2, the other end of the bias voltage generation circuit is connected to a
cathode of the APD through a
resistor R1, and the APD refrigeration box is connected to the APD refrigeration box. And the other end of the gating voltage generation circuit is connected to the
cathode of the APD through an
alternating current coupling capacitor C1. According to the technical scheme of the utility model, the passive
quenching of the free operation working mode is realized, the
dead time processing circuit is simplified, and the
noise level of the
detector is reduced.