Single photon avalanche photodiodes arrays

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 306-312

  Mazzillo, M ^a   Condorelli, G ^a   Campisi, A ^b   Sciacca, E ^c   Belluso, M ^d   Billotta, S ^d   Sanfilippo, D ^a   Fallica, G ^a   Cosentino, L ^b   Finocchiaro, P ^b   Musumeci, F ^b,e   Privitera, S ^b,e   Tudisco, S ^b,e   Lombardo, S ^c   Rimini, E ^c   Bonanno, G ^d  

^a STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^b INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^c CNR IMM   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dark count; Quantum detection efficiency; Silicon photomultiplier; Single photon avalanche photodiode; Single photon counting; Timing jitter

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; TIMING JITTER;

DARK COUNT; QUANTUM DETECTION EFFICIENCY; SILICON PHOTOMULTIPLIER; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 34547782652     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.05.016     Document Type: Article

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