A silicon avalanche photodiode for single optical photon counting in the Geiger mode

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 60, Issue 1-3, 1997, Pages 98-102

  Kindt, Wilko ^a   Shahrjerdy, N H ^a,b   Van Zeijl, Henk W ^a,c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b ASML   (Netherlands)

^c Interuniversity Reactor Institute Delft   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Geiger mode; Single optical photons

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GEIGER COUNTERS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTON COUNTER; SINGLE OPTICAL PHOTON;

PHOTODIODES;

EID: 0031141094     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01356-3     Document Type: Article

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