Single photon counting module based on large area APD and novel logic circuit for quench and reset pulse generation

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 926-933

  Dhulla, Vinit H ^a   Gudkov, Georgiy ^a   Gavrilov, Dmitri ^a   Stepukhovich, Andrey ^a   Tsupryk, Andriy ^a   Kosobokova, Olga ^a   Borodin, Anatoly ^a   Gorfinkel, Vera ^a   Gorbovitski, Boris ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b BioPhotonics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Active quenching; APD fiberization; avalanche photodiode (APD); photon counting; single photon counting module (SPCM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008054034     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: 15584542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.903005     Document Type: Article

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