Complete single-photon counting and timing module in a microchip
Optics Letters, Vol. 30, Issue 11, pp. 1327-1329 (2005)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.30.001327
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Abstract
A complete module for single-photon counting and timing is demonstrated in a single chip. Features comparable with or better than commercially available macroscopic modules are obtained by integration of an active-quenching and active-reset circuit in complementary metal-oxide semiconductor technology together with a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD). The integrated SPAD has a 12-µm-diameter sensitive area and operates with an overvoltage above breakdown adjustable up to 20 V. With a 5-V overvoltage the photon detection efficiency peaks above 40% around 500 nm, and the dark-counting rate is lower than 600 counts/s at room temperature. The overall counting dead time is 33 ns.
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OCIS Codes
(040.5160) Detectors : Photodetectors
(040.6070) Detectors : Solid state detectors
(120.1880) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Detection
(130.0250) Integrated optics : Optoelectronics
(130.6010) Integrated optics : Sensors
(130.6750) Integrated optics : Systems
Citation
Franco Zappa, Simone Tisa, Angelo Gulinatti, Andrea Gallivanoni, and Sergio Cova, "Complete single-photon counting and timing module in a microchip," Opt. Lett. 30, 1327-1329 (2005)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-30-11-1327
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