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 …

Photon correlations in spectroscopy and microscopy

G Lubin, D Oron, U Rossman, R Tenne… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Measurements of photon temporal correlations have been the mainstay of experiments in
quantum optics. Over the past several decades, advancements in detector technologies …

Custom silicon technology for SPAD-arrays with red-enhanced sensitivity and low timing jitter

A Gulinatti, F Ceccarelli, M Ghioni, I Rech - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Single-photon detection is an invaluable tool for many applications ranging from basic
research to consumer electronics. In this respect, the Single Photon Avalanche Diode …

Near infrared efficiency enhancement of silicon photodiodes by integration of metal nanostructures supporting surface plasmon polaritrons

E Scattolo, A Cian, L Petti, P Lugli, D Giubertoni… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent years have witnessed a growing interest in detectors capable of detecting single
photons in the near-infrared (NIR), mainly due to the emergence of new applications such as …

83-ps timing jitter with a red-enhanced SPAD and a fully integrated front end circuit

F Ceccarelli, G Acconcia, A Gulinatti… - IEEE Photonics …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we present the timing performance of an optimized red-enhanced single-photon
avalanche diode (RE-SPAD) manufactured with a fully custom fabrication process. The …

High-performance Cascaded surface-illuminated Ge-on-Si APD array

X Liu, X Li, Y Li, Z Zhi, B Chen, H Hu… - IEEE Electron …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we report a cascaded surface-illuminated Germanium-on-Silicon (Ge-on-Si)
avalanche photodiode (APD) array with a low dark current. The photodetector array …

37ps-precision time-resolving active quenching circuit for high-performance single photon avalanche diodes

G Acconcia, M Ghioni, I Rech - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Time-resolved imaging by means of single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) has achieved
widespread interest in recent years, especially since technological progress has opened the …

Doping profile extraction for predictive modeling of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes

A Bonzi, G Laita, I Rech… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Predictive and reliable models are key tools for the development of the next generations of
single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). Models are indeed crucial to evaluate the …

Characterization of fluorescence lifetime of organic fluorophores for molecular imaging in the shortwave infrared window

L Chavez, S Gao, X Intes - Journal of Biomedical Optics, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Fluorescence lifetime imaging in the shortwave infrared (SWIR) is expected to
enable high-resolution multiplexed molecular imaging in highly scattering tissue. Aim To …

High-throughput smFRET analysis of freely diffusing nucleic acid molecules and associated proteins

M Segal, A Ingargiola, E Lerner, SY Chung, JA White… - Methods, 2019 - Elsevier
Single-molecule Förster resonance energy transfer (smFRET) is a powerful technique for
nanometer-scale studies of single molecules. Solution-based smFRET, in particular, can be …