Compact eight channel SPAD module for photon timing applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8033, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Cammi, C ^a   Gulinatti, A ^a   Rech, I ^a   Panzeri, F ^a   Ghioni, M ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Single photon avalanche diode; Single photon timing module; SPAD array; TCSPC

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-QUENCHING CIRCUITS; AFTERPULSING; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BIOLOGICAL FIELDS; COUNTING RATES; MAXIMUM COUNTING RATES; NOVEL ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL CROSS-TALK; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTON TIMING; SINGLE CHANNELS; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE PIXEL; SINGLE-PHOTON DETECTORS; SINGLE-PHOTON TIMING; SPAD ARRAY; SPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE; STANDARD CMOS TECHNOLOGY; TCSPC; TECHNOLOGICAL PROCESS; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME-CORRELATED SINGLE PHOTON COUNTING; TIMING SIGNALS;

AVALANCHE DIODES; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FLUORESCENCE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTODETECTORS; PIXELS; TIMING CIRCUITS; TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR LOGIC CIRCUITS;

PHOTONS;

EID: 79960539338     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.883356     Document Type: Conference Paper

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