A near-infrared enhanced silicon single-photon avalanche diode with a spherically uniform electric field peak

E Van Sieleghem, A Süss, P Boulenc… - IEEE Electron …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A near-infrared (NIR) enhanced silicon single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) fabricated in
a customized CMOS technology is presented. The SPAD has a depleted absorption volume …

Ultrahigh-sensitivity single-photon detection with linear-mode silicon avalanche photodiode

M Akiba, K Tsujino, M Sasaki - Optics letters, 2010 - opg.optica.org
We developed an ultrahigh-sensitivity single-photon detector using a linear-mode
avalanche photodiode (APD) with a cryogenic low-noise readout circuit; the APD is operated …

Improving the performance of silicon single-photon avalanche diodes

A Gulinatti, I Rech, P Maccagnani… - Advanced Photon …, 2011 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Many applications require high performance Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD)
either as single pixels or as small arrays of detectors. Although currently available silicon …

152-dB dynamic range with a large-area custom-technology single-photon avalanche diode

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, I Labanca… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we demonstrate a dynamic range as high as 152 dB with a detection head
based on a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD). This result has been attained by …

Low-noise low-jitter 32-pixels CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes array for single-photon counting from 300 nm to 900 nm

C Scarcella, A Tosi, F Villa, S Tisa… - Review of Scientific …, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
We developed a single-photon counting multichannel detection system, based on a
monolithic linear array of 32 CMOS SPADs (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor …

A backside-illuminated charge-focusing silicon SPAD with enhanced near-infrared sensitivity

E Van Sieleghem, G Karve, K De Munck… - … on Electron Devices, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A backside-illuminated (BSI) near-infrared (NIR)-enhanced silicon single-photon avalanche
diode (SPAD) for time-of-flight (ToF) light detection and ranging applications is presented …

Avalanche photodetectors with photon trapping structures for biomedical imaging applications

C Bartolo-Perez, S Chandiparsi, AS Mayet… - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Enhancing photon detection efficiency and time resolution in photodetectors in the entire
visible range is critical to improve the image quality of time-of-flight (TOF)-based imaging …

Photon-trapping-enhanced avalanche photodiodes for mid-infrared applications

D Chen, SD March, AH Jones, Y Shen, AA Dadey… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The fast development of mid-wave infrared photonics has increased the demand for high-
performance photodetectors that operate in this spectral range. However, the signal-to-noise …

Single-photon counting for the 1300–1600-nm range by use of Peltier-cooled and passively quenched InGaAs avalanche photodiodes

JG Rarity, TE Wall, KD Ridley, PCM Owens… - Applied Optics, 2000 - opg.optica.org
We evaluate the performance of various commercially available InGaAs/InP avalanche
photodiodes for photon counting in the infrared at temperatures that can be reached by …

High efficiency single photon detection via frequency up-conversion

AP Vandevender, PG Kwiat - Journal of Modern Optics, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
We propose a method of single photon detection of infrared (IR) photons at potentially
higher efficiencies and lower noise than allowed by traditional IR band avalanche …