Modeling photon detection efficiency and temporal response of single photon avalanche diodes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7355, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gulinatti, Angelo ^a   Rech, Ivan ^a   Fumagalli, Silvia ^a   Assanelli, Mattia ^a   Ghioni, Massimo ^a,b   Cova, Sergio D ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b MPD Micro Photon Devices   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modeling; Photon counting; Photon Detection Efficiency (PDE); Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD); Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC)

Indexed keywords

MODELING; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY (PDE); SINGLE-PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE (SPAD); TIME CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING (TCSPC);

ABSORPTION; AIRCRAFT ENGINES; DETECTORS; DIODES; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATORS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 70350074895     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.820661     Document Type: Conference Paper

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