Photon-counting chip for avalanche detectors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 184-186

  Zappa, Franco ^a   Lotito, Arturo ^a   Tisa, Simone ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Geiger mode; Photon counting; Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT; MICROELECTRONICS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PHOTODIODES;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; GEIGER MODE; PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD);

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 12344293667     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.838136     Document Type: Article

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