SPADs and SiPMs arrays for long-range high-speed light detection and ranging (LiDAR)

F Villa, F Severini, F Madonini, F Zappa - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) is a 3D imaging technique, widely used in many
applications such as augmented reality, automotive, machine vision, spacecraft navigation …

Recent advances and future perspectives of single‐photon avalanche diodes for quantum photonics applications

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, A Gulinatti… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Photonic quantum technologies promise a revolution of the world of information processing,
from simulation and computing to communication and sensing, thanks to the many …

A universal 3D imaging sensor on a silicon photonics platform

C Rogers, AY Piggott, DJ Thomson, RF Wiser, IE Opris… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Accurate three-dimensional (3D) imaging is essential for machines to map and
interact with the physical world,. Although numerous 3D imaging technologies exist, each …

A meta‐device for intelligent depth perception

MK Chen, X Liu, Y Wu, J Zhang, J Yuan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The optical illusion affects depth‐sensing due to the limited and specific light‐field
information acquired by single‐lens imaging. The incomplete depth information or visual …

A megapixel time-gated SPAD image sensor for 2D and 3D imaging applications

K Morimoto, A Ardelean, ML Wu, AC Ulku… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2019 - arxiv.org
We present the first 1Mpixel SPAD camera ever reported. The camera features 3.8 ns time
gating and 24kfps frame rate; it was fabricated in 180nm CIS technology. Two pixels have …

Direct TOF scanning LiDAR sensor with two-step multievent histogramming TDC and embedded interference filter

H Seo, H Yoon, D Kim, J Kim, SJ Kim… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a 36-channel scanning light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor with
an on-chip single-photon avalanche diode array. The sensor has an area-efficient 11-bit in …

High-flux single-photon lidar

J Rapp, Y Ma, RMA Dawson, VK Goyal - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In time-correlated single-photon counting (TCSPC), photons that arrive during the detector
and timing electronics dead times are missed, causing distortion of the detection time …

Engineering breakdown probability profile for PDP and DCR optimization in a SPAD fabricated in a standard 55 nm BCD process

F Gramuglia, P Keshavarzian, E Kizilkan… - IEEE Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) have broken into the mainstream by
enabling the adoption of imaging, timing, and security technologies in a variety of …

A 32× 32-pixel CMOS imager for quantum optics with per-SPAD TDC, 19.48% fill-factor in a 44.64-μm pitch reaching 1-MHz observation rate

M Zarghami, L Gasparini, L Parmesan… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article reports the design and characterization of a 32× 32 single-photon avalanche
diode (SPAD) time-resolved image sensor for quantum imaging applications fabricated in a …

Historical perspectives, state of art and research trends of SPAD arrays and their applications (Part II: SPAD arrays)

I Cusini, D Berretta, E Conca, A Incoronato… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ability to detect single photons is becoming an enabling key capability in an increasing
number of fields. Indeed, its scope is not limited to applications that specifically rely on single …