Characterization of detectors for the Italian Astronomical Quantum Photometer Project

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 56, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 273-283

  Billotta, Sergio ^a   Belluso, Massimiliano ^a   Bonanno, Giovanni ^a   Mauro, Salvatore Di ^a   Timpanaro, Maria Cristina ^a   Condorelli, Giovanni ^b   Fallica, P Giorgio ^b   Mazzillo, Massimo ^b   Sanfilippo, Delfo ^b   Valvo, Giuseppina ^b   Cosentino, Luigi ^c   Finocchiaro, Paolo ^c   Pappalardo, Alfio ^c   Naletto, Giampiero ^d   Occhipinti, Tommaso ^d   Pernechele, Claudio ^e   Barbieri, Cesare ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI CATANIA   (Italy)

^b STMICROELECTRONICS   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detectors characterization; Quantum astronomy; Single photon detection; SiPM; SPAD

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTUM ASTRONOMY; SINGLE PHOTON DETECTION; SIPM; SPAD;

ASTROPHYSICS; DETECTORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

SILICON DETECTORS;

EID: 65349114396     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340802677068     Document Type: Article

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