Advances in solid state photon detectors

D Renker, E Lorenz - Journal of Instrumentation, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Semiconductor photodiodes were developed in the earlyForties approximately at the time
when the photomultiplier tube became a commercial product (RCA 1939). Only in recent …

Quantum key distribution and 1 Gbps data encryption over a single fibre

P Eraerds, N Walenta, M Legré, N Gisin… - New Journal of …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We perform quantum key distribution (QKD) over a single fibre in the presence of four
classical channels in a C-band dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) …

Electronics for single photon avalanche diode arrays

S Tisa, F Zappa, A Tosi, S Cova - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2007 - Elsevier
This is the second of two serial papers dealing with single photon avalanche diode (SPAD)
topics. Aim of the series is to discuss in depth the features and device structures of the array …

Achievable rates and signal detection for photon-level photomultiplier receiver based on statistical non-linear model

Z Jiang, C Gong, Z Xu - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We characterize practical optical signal receiver in a wide range of signal intensity for optical
wireless communication, from discrete pulse regime to continuous waveform regime. We first …

A CMOS time-resolved fluorescence lifetime analysis micro-system

BR Rae, KR Muir, Z Gong, J McKendry, JM Girkin, E Gu… - Sensors, 2009 - mdpi.com
We describe a CMOS-based micro-system for time-resolved fluorescence lifetime analysis. It
comprises a 16× 4 array of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) fabricated in 0.35 μm …

CMOS silicon avalanche photodiodes for NIR light detection: a survey

A Sultana, E Kamrani, M Sawan - Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal …, 2012 - Springer
This paper surveys recent research on CMOS silicon avalanche photodiodes (SiAPD) and
presents the design of a SiAPD based photoreceiver dedicated to near-infrared …

Design of a room-temperature, sine-wave gated, InGaAs/InP SPAD based photon counting system with dead-time mitigation

J Li, R Huang, AP Morrison, M Chen… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A newly designed room-temperature, sine-wave gated, InGaAs/InP SPAD based photon
counting system with dead-time mitigation is described in this work. In this system, an …

A single-photon-avalanche-diode 3D imager

D Stoppa, L Pancheri, M Scandiuzzo… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes the design and characterization of a 64-pixel array exploiting the high
sensitivity offered by single photon avalanche diodes, fabricated in a conventional high …

Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes in standard CMOS technologies

A Vilà, A Arbat, E Vilella, A Dieguez, S Gateva - Photodetectors, 2012 - books.google.com
Photodiodes are the simplest but most versatile semiconductor optoelectronic devices. They
can be used for direct detection of light, of soft X and gamma rays, and of particles such as …

Transient measurements and mixed quenching, active resetting circuit for SPAD in high-voltage CMOS for achieving 218 Mcps

A Dervić, B Goll, B Steindl… - 2019 26th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully integrated single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) using a controllable fast mixed
quenching and active resetting circuit (QRC) fabricated in a 0.35-μm high-voltage CMOS …