Avalanche diodes and circuits for infrared photon counting and timing: Retrospect and prospect

LEOS Summer Topical Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 7-8

  Cova, S ^a   Zappa, F ^a   Tosi, A ^a   Ghioni, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INFRARED PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES (SPAD); SPECTRAL RANGE;

NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PHOTODETECTORS; WAVELENGTH;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 34547379291     PISSN: 10994742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/LEOSST.2004.1338678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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