Active quenching circuit for single-photon detection with Geiger mode avalanche photodiodes

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1705-1714

  Stipčević, Mario ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; SCHEMATIC DIAGRAMS; TIMING CIRCUITS;

ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUITS; DARK COUNT RATE; ELECTRONIC COMPONENT; GEIGER MODE AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE; NOVEL CONSTRUCTION; PEAK DETECTION; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS;

PARTICLE BEAMS;

EID: 65249156549     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.001705     Document Type: Article

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