Towards large scale CMOS single-photon detector arrays for lab-on-chip applications

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Charbon, Edoardo ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

LAB-ON-CHIP APPLICATIONS; LED MATRIX; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTOR ARRAYS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 42549148771     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/9/094010     Document Type: Article

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