SiPM for fast photon-counting and multiphoton detection

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 14539-14549

  Eraerds, P ^a   Legie M ^a   Rochas, A ^b   Zbinden, H ^a   Gisin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b ID QUANTIQUE SA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTONS;

DARK COUNT RATE; FAST COUNTING MODE; OPTICAL INTENSITIES;

PHOTOMULTIPLIERS;

EID: 35948977409     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.014539     Document Type: Article

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