Avalanche detector with ultraclean response for time-resolved photon counting

A Spinelli, MA Ghioni, SD Cova… - IEEE Journal of …, 1998 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental tests have been carried out for characterizing the performance of a new single-
photon avalanche diode. The detector is specifically designed for picosecond time …

InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diode with reduced afterpulsing and sharp timing response with 30 ps tail

A Tosi, F Acerbi, M Anti, F Zappa - IEEE Journal of quantum …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the design, fabrication, and experimental characterization of a new
Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) made in InGaAs/InP for photon-counting operations …

Gigacount/Second Photon Detection Module Based on an Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Array

F Ceccarelli, A Gulinatti, I Labanca… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present a compact photon detection module, based on an 8× 8 array of
single-photon avalanche diodes. The use of a dedicated silicon technology for the …

An integrated active-quenching circuit for single-photon avalanche diodes

F Zappa, M Ghioni, S Cova, C Samori… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce the first integrated active quenching circuit (I-AQC) that drives an avalanche
photodiode (APD) above its breakdown voltage, in order to detect single photons. Based on …

Time-gated single-photon detection module with 110 ps transition time and up to 80 MHz repetition rate

M Buttafava, G Boso, A Ruggeri… - Review of scientific …, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We present the design and characterization of a complete single-photon counting module
capable of time-gating a silicon single-photon avalanche diode with ON and OFF transition …

High detection efficiency and time resolution integrated-passive-quenched single-photon avalanche diodes

F Acerbi, M Cazzanelli, A Ferri, A Gola… - IEEE Journal of …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a new silicon integrated-passive-quenched single-photon avalanche diode,
fabricated at FBK. Unlike common SPADs, they feature the quenching resistor …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Low-noise photon counting above 100× 106 counts per second with a high-efficiency reach-through single-photon avalanche diode system

MA Wayne, JC Bienfang, AL Migdall - Applied physics letters, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate a method that allows a high-efficiency single-photon-avalanche diode
(SPAD) with a thick absorption region (> 10 μm) to count single photons at rates significantly …

Four‐hundred‐picosecond single‐photon timing with commercially available avalanche photodiodes

A Lacaita, S Cova, M Ghioni - Review of scientific instruments, 1988 - pubs.aip.org
Avalanche photodiodes biased above the breakdown voltage are an interesting alternative
to photomultiplier tubes in time‐correlated single‐photon counting. The characteristics and …

Characterization of a novel avalanche photodiode for single photon detection in VIS-NIR range

M Stipčević, H Skenderović, D Gracin - Optics express, 2010 - opg.optica.org
In this work we investigate operation in the Geiger mode of the new single photon avalanche
photo diode (SPAD) SAP500 manufactured by Laser Components. This SPAD is sensitive in …