A single-photon avalanche diode array for fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2546-2557

  Schwartz, David Eric ^a,b   Charbon, Edoardo ^c   Shepard, Kenneth L ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acridine; Active pixel; Array; CMOS; Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM); Gated window (GW); Qdot 655; Quantum dots; Ruthenium; Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); Time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC); Time resolved fluorescence sensing

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE; ACTIVE PIXEL; ARRAY; CMOS; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME IMAGING MICROSCOPY (FLIM); GATED-WINDOW (GW); QDOT-655; QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD); TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING (TCSPC); TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE SENSING;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); DELAY CIRCUITS; DIODES; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE SENSORS; LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PIXELS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; RUTHENIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SNOW; WINDOWS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 57049132884     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2005818     Document Type: Article

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