Highly sensitive arrays of nano-sized single-photon avalanche diodes for industrial and bio imaging

Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering

Volumn 20 LNICST, Issue , 2009, Pages 161-168

  Charbon, Edoardo ^a,b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active pixel sensor (APS); Avalanche photodiode (APD); Charge coupled device (CCD); Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS); Lifetime imaging; Microchannel plate (MCP); Photo multiplier tube (PMT); Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); Time of flight

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR; COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; LIFETIME IMAGING; MICROCHANNEL PLATE (MCP); PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; TIME OF FLIGHT;

IMAGE STORAGE TUBES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOS DEVICES; NANOSENSORS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTONS; PIXELS;

AVALANCHE DIODES;

EID: 84885892527     PISSN: 18678211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04850-0_23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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