A CMOS time-resolved fluorescence lifetime analysis micro-system

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 9255-9274

  Rae, Bruce R ^a   Muir, Keith R ^a   Gong, Zheng ^b   McKendry, Jonathan ^b   Girkin, John M ^c   Gu, Erdan ^b   Renshaw, David ^a   Dawson, Martin D ^b   Henderson, Robert K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CMOS; Fluorescence lifetime; GaN; Micro light emitting diodes (micro LEDs); Micro system; Single photon avalanche diodes

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EXCITATION PULSE; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIMES; GAN; LIFETIME MEASUREMENTS; PHOTO MULTIPLIER TUBE; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; TIME-RESOLVED FLUORESCENCE;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 70849103932     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91109255     Document Type: Article

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