A 1024× 8, 700-ps time-gated spad line sensor for planetary surface exploration with laser raman spectroscopy and libs

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 179-189

  Maruyama, Yuki ^a,b   Blacksberg, Jordana ^b   Charbon, Edoardo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS); Raman spectroscopy; Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD); Single photon counting; Time gating

Indexed keywords

LASER RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; LASERINDUCED BREAKDOWN SPECTROSCOPY (LIBS); PHOTON DETECTION EFFICIENCY; PLANETARY SURFACE EXPLORATION; SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODE; SINGLE-PHOTON COUNTING; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; TIME GATING;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTODETECTORS; PORTALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

SENSORS;

EID: 84891631792     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2013.2282091     Document Type: Article

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