Fast-gating of single-photon avalanche diodes with 200 ps transitions and 30 ps timing jitter

G Boso, A Dalla Mora, A Della Frera, A Tosi - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2013 - Elsevier
We present circuits and methods for fast-gating a silicon single-photon avalanche diode
(SPAD) in order to attain wide dynamic range in the measurement of very faint and very fast …

Signal processing based pile-up compensation for gated single-photon avalanche diodes

AK Pediredla, AC Sankaranarayanan… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) based transient imaging suffers from an aberration
called pile-up. When multiple photons arrive within a single repetition period of the …

100 000 frames/s 64× 32 single-photon detector array for 2-D imaging and 3-D ranging

D Bronzi, F Villa, S Tisa, A Tosi, F Zappa… - IEEE journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report on the design and characterization of a multipurpose 64× 32 CMOS single-photon
avalanche diode (SPAD) array. The chip is fabricated in a high-voltage 0.35-μm CMOS …

Single photon range, intensity and photon flux imaging with kilohertz frame rate and high dynamic range

M Laurenzis - Optics express, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Optical sensing with single photon counting avalanche diode detectors has become a
versatile approach for ranging and low light level imaging. In this paper, we compare time …

20‐ps timing resolution with single‐photon avalanche diodes

S Cova, A Lacaita, M Ghioni, G Ripamonti… - Review of scientific …, 1989 - pubs.aip.org
Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are avalanche photodiodes specifically designed
for reverse bias operation above the breakdown voltage and used for detecting single …

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 …

Silicon single-photon avalanche diodes with nano-structured light trapping

K Zang, X Jiang, Y Huo, X Ding, M Morea… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Silicon single-photon avalanche detectors are becoming increasingly significant in research
and in practical applications due to their high signal-to-noise ratio, complementary metal …

A low-noise single-photon detector implemented in a 130 nm CMOS imaging process

M Gersbach, J Richardson, E Mazaleyrat… - Solid-State …, 2009 - Elsevier
We report on a new single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) fabricated in a 130nm CMOS
imaging process. A novel circular structure combining shallow trench isolation (STI) and a …

Single photon avalanche diode for single molecule detection

LQ Li, LM Davis - Review of Scientific Instruments, 1993 - pubs.aip.org
A commercially available single photon avalanche photodiode in a passively quenched
circuit is used with time‐correlated single photon counting modules to achieve …

InGaAs SPAD and electronics for low time jitter and low noise

F Zappa, A Tosi, S Cova - Photon Counting Applications …, 2007 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We demonstrate that III-V photodetectors operated with dedicated front-end electronics and
cooled at sufficiently low temperature (220 K or lower) can be exploited as Single-Photon …