35 ps time resolution at room temperature with large area single photon avalanche diodes

Electronics Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 272-274

  Gulinatti, A ^a   Maccagnani, P ^b   Rech, I ^a   Ghioni, M ^a   Cova, S ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATORS (OPTICAL); ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS;

MICRO CHANNEL PLATE (MCP); ROOM TEMPERATURE (RT); SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPAD); TIME RESOLUTION;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 15544389481     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20047445     Document Type: Article

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