A single photon avalanche diode array fabricated in 0.35μm CMOS and based on an event-driven readout for TCSPC experiments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6372, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Niclass, Cristiano ^a   Sergio, Maximilian ^a   Charbon, Edoardo ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; CMOS single photon detectors; Event driven readout; TCSPC; Time correlated measurements

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; CROSSTALK; FLUORESCENCE; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

CMOS SINGLE PHOTON DETECTORS; EVENT-DRIVEN READOUT; TIME-CORRELATED MEASUREMENTS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 33846247484     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.685974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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