Recent advances and future perspectives of single‐photon avalanche diodes for quantum photonics applications

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, A Gulinatti… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic quantum technologies promise a revolution of the world of information processing,
from simulation and computing to communication and sensing, thanks to the many …

Advances in InGaAs/InP single-photon detector systems for quantum communication

J Zhang, MA Itzler, H Zbinden, JW Pan - Light: Science & Applications, 2015 - nature.com
Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are the most sensitive instruments for light detection. In the
near-infrared range, SPDs based on III–V compound semiconductor avalanche photodiodes …

Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection

S Cova, M Ghioni, A Lacaita, C Samori, F Zappa - Applied optics, 1996 - opg.optica.org
Avalanche photodiodes, which operate above the breakdown voltage in Geiger mode
connected with avalanche-quenching circuits, can be used to detect single photons and are …

New frontiers in time-domain diffuse optics, a review

A Pifferi, D Contini, AD Mora, A Farina… - … of biomedical optics, 2016 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The recent developments in time-domain diffuse optics that rely on physical concepts (eg,
time-gating and null distance) and advanced photonic components (eg, vertical cavity …

A review of single-photon avalanche diode time-of-flight imaging sensor arrays

F Piron, D Morrison, MR Yuce… - IEEE Sensors …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-of-flight (ToF) sensors using light pulses or continuous waves allow accurate distance
measurements. Three-dimensional imagers can be based on an array of timing or time …

Metrology of single-photon sources and detectors: a review

CJ Chunnilall, IP Degiovanni, S Kück… - Optical …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The generation, measurement, and manipulation of light at the single-and few-photon levels
underpin a rapidly expanding range of applications. These range from applications moving …

A low-noise CMOS SPAD pixel with 12.1 ps SPTR and 3 ns dead time

F Gramuglia, ML Wu, C Bruschini… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have become the sensor of choice in many
applications whenever high sensitivity, low noise, and sharp timing performance are …

Overview on the main parameters and technology of modern Silicon Photomultipliers

C Piemonte, A Gola - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, we give an overview of the main properties and technological implementation
of densely packed Single-photon Avalanche Diode arrays, which are commonly known as …

Progress in silicon single-photon avalanche diodes

M Ghioni, A Gulinatti, I Rech, F Zappa… - IEEE Journal of …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Silicon single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are nowadays a solid-state alternative to
photomultiplier tubes (PMTs) in single-photon counting (SPC) and time-correlated single …

Evolution and prospects for single-photon avalanche diodes and quenching circuits

S Cova, M Ghioni, A Lotito, I Rech… - Journal of modern …, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
The evolution of solid-state avalanche detectors of single optical photons is outlined and the
issues for further progress are discussed. Physical phenomena that underlay the operation …