New silicon SPAD technology for enhanced red-sensitivity, high-resolution timing and system integration

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 1489-1499

  Gulinatti, A ^a   Rech, I ^a   Panzeri, F ^a   Cammi, C ^a   MacCagnani, P ^b   Ghioni, M ^a,c   Cova, S ^a,c  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c MPD Micro Photon Devices   (Italy)

Author keywords

photon counting; photon detection efficiency (PDE); photon timing; quantum efficiency (QE); single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); TCSPC

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; TIMING JITTER;

PHOTON COUNTING; PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTON TIMING; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; TCSPC;

PHOTODETECTORS;

EID: 84870238941     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340.2012.701340     Document Type: Conference Paper

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