In P-based single-photon detector arrays with asynchronous readout integrated circuits

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Glettler, James B ^a   Hopman, Pablo I ^a   Verghese, Simon ^a   Aversa, Joseph C ^a   Candell, Larry M ^a   Donnelly, Joseph P ^a   Duerr, Erik K ^a   Frechette, Jonathan P ^a   Funk, Joseph E ^a   Liau, Z L ^a   McIntosh, K A ^a   Mahoney, Leonard J ^a   Molvar, Karen M ^a   Oakley, Douglas C ^a   Ouellette, E J ^a   Smith, Gary M ^a   Vineis, Christopher J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Focal plane array; InGaAsP; Photon counting; Readout integrated circuit

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS; DUTY-CYCLE; FOCAL PLANE ARRAY; INFRARED APPLICATIONS; INGAASP; LOSSLESS; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON COUNTING DETECTORS; PHOTON DETECTOR ARRAYS; PHOTON FLUXES; READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUIT; READOUT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ROOM-TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); COUPLED CIRCUITS; DETECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FOCUSING; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; SNOW; TIME MEASUREMENT;

PHOTONS;

EID: 54149104460     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2992138     Document Type: Article

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