The invention provides a single-photon detector and a manufacturing method thereof, and a single-photon detector array. The method comprises the steps of sequentially growing a plurality of epitaxial layers on one side of a provided substrate, and enabling the epitaxial layers to comprise a buffer layer, an absorption layer, a transition layer, a charge layer, a multiplication layer, an inversion layer, a migration layer, a window layer, and an ohmic contact layer, and forming an arc-shaped diffusion region in the ohmic contact layer and the window layer through a diffusion process, etching the edge of a part of the epitaxial layer on the substrate to form a mesa structure, forming an optical window on the back surface of the substrate, forming a P-type electrode on the ohmic contact layer, and forming an N-type electrode on the back surface of the substrate. According to the scheme, the edge electric field of the diffusion area can be effectively reduced only through one-time diffusion treatment and combination of the inversion layer, then the edge breakdown problem is effectively restrained, and compared with an existing mode needing secondary diffusion treatment or secondary growth, the complexity of the manufacturing process is effectively reduced.