Comparison of 32 × 128 and 32 × 32 Geiger-mode APD FPAs for single photon 3D LADAR imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8033, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Itzler, Mark A ^a   Entwistle, Mark ^a   Owens, Mark ^a   Patel, Ketan ^a   Jiang, Xudong ^a   Slomkowski, Krystyna ^a   Rangwala, Sabbir ^a   Zalud, Peter F ^b   Senko, Tom ^b   Tower, John ^b   Ferraro, Joseph ^b  

^a PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC   (United States)

^b SARNOFF CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Avalanche photodiode; Geiger mode; InGaAsP; InP; Ladar; LADAR imaging; Photon counting; Single photon detector; Three dimensional imaging

Indexed keywords

GEIGER MODES; INGAASP; INP; PHOTON COUNTING; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODES; CROSSTALK; DETECTORS; FOCAL PLANE ARRAYS; GEIGER COUNTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; PARTICLE BEAMS; PIXELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIMING JITTER;

PHOTONS;

EID: 79960498039     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.884693     Document Type: Conference Paper

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