Optical crosstalk in single photon avalanche diode arrays: A new complete model

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 8381-8394

  Rech, Ivan ^a   Ingargiola, Antonino ^a   Spinelli, Roberto ^a   Labanca, Ivan ^a   Marangoni, Stefano ^a   Ghioni, Massimo ^a   Cova, Sergio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS;

EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; OPTICAL CROSS-TALK; OPTICAL MODELING; OPTICAL PATH; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE ARRAYS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTON; RADIATION SCATTERING; SEMICONDUCTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

ARTIFACTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHOTOMETRY; PHOTONS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SEMICONDUCTORS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 45249109057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008381     Document Type: Article

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