Dynamic range of passive quenching active reset circuit for single photon avalanche diodes

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Hu, Chong ^a   Liu, Mingguo ^b   Zheng, Xiaoguang ^a   Campbell, Joe C ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b Photodigm Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiodes; Dynamic range; Passive quenching; Single photon avalanche diodes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE RESET; DARK COUNT RATE; DYNAMIC RANGE; FRAME RATE; OFF TIME; PASSIVE QUENCHING; PRIMARY FACTORS; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES; TIMING RESOLUTIONS;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; DIODES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODIODES; PHOTONS; QUENCHING; TIMING CIRCUITS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 72949099286     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2009.2024086     Document Type: Article

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