Two-dimensional SPAD imaging camera for photon counting

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 759-774

  Guerrieri, Fabrizio ^a   Tisa, Simone ^b   Tosi, Alberto ^a   Zappa, Franco ^a,b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b MPD Micro Photon Devices   (Italy)

Author keywords

high frame rate cameras; imager; photon counting; Single photon avalanche diode

Indexed keywords

ANALOG FRONT END; CAMERA PARAMETER; CAMERA SYSTEMS; COUNTING RATES; DETECTION EFFICIENCY; DIGITAL PROCESSING; DYNAMIC RANGE; ELECTRONIC NOISE; HIGH FRAME-RATE CAMERAS; HIGH SPEED; IMAGER; IMAGERS; IMAGING CAMERA; LOW LIGHT; PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTONIC APPLICATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PHOTONS; SMART PIXELS; USB 2.0; VISIBLE RANGE;

AVALANCHE DIODES; CAMERAS; DIODES; PARTICLE BEAMS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 77956278283     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2010.2066554     Document Type: Article

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