First passively-quenched single photon counting avalanche photodiode element integrated in a conventional CMOS process with 32ns dead time

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4833, Issue , 2002, Pages 107-115

  Rochas, A ^a   Ribordy, G ^b   Furrer, B ^a   Besse, P A ^a   Popovic, R S ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; CMOS technology; Passive quenching; Photon counting

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INFRARED RADIATION; PHOTONS; QUENCHING;

PASSIVE QUENCHING;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 0038723704     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.474869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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