Photon counting imaging: The DigitalAPD

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6068, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Bellis, Stephen ^a   Wilcock, Reuben ^a   Jackson, Carl ^a  

^a ON SEMICONDUCTOR   (United States)

Author keywords

APD; DigitalAPD; Geiger Mode avalanche photodiodes; Photon Counting

Indexed keywords

CAPACITORS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS; SCANNING;

APD; DIGITALAPD; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTON COUNTING;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 33645661730     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.642755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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