Fast-gated single-photon avalanche diode for extremely wide dynamic-range applications

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7170, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tosi, A ^a   Dalla Mora, A ^a   Zappa, F ^a   Cova, S ^a   Contini, D ^b   Pifferi, A ^b   Spinelli, L ^b   Torricelli, A ^b   Cubeddu, R ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional near infrared spectroscopy(fNIRS); Gated mode; Geiger mode; In vivo spectroscopy; Single photon avalanche diode(SPAD); Time correlated single photon counting (TCSPC)

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY(FNIRS); GATED-MODE; GEIGER-MODE; IN-VIVO SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE(SPAD); TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING (TCSPC);

DIODES; GEIGER COUNTERS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TEXTILES;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 70249134235     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.809205     Document Type: Article

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