Compact-eight channel photon counting module with monolithic array detector

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6771, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Rech, I ^a   Resnati, D ^a   Marangoni, S ^a   Ghioni, M ^a,b   Cova, S ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b MPD Micro Photon Devices   (Italy)

Author keywords

Photon counting; Single photon avalanche diode; Single photon counting module; SPAD array

Indexed keywords

GATE DIELECTRICS; PHOTONS; QUEUEING THEORY; READOUT SYSTEMS;

MULTICHANNEL CAPABILITIES; PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING MODULES; SPAD ARRAYS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 42449109179     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.749483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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