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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Many scientific areas like astronomy, biophysics, biomedicine, nuclear and plasma science, etc. are interested in the development of a new time-resolved single photon imaging device. Such a device represents today one of the most challenging goals in the field of photonics. In collaboration with Catania R&D staff of ST-Microelectronics (STM) we created, during the last few years, a new avalanche photosensor—Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) able to detect and count, with excellent performance, single photons. Further we will discuss the possible realization of a single photon imaging device through the many elements integration (bi-dimensional arrays) of SPADs. In order to achieve the goal, it is also important to develop an appropriate readout strategy able to address the time information of each individual sensor and in order to read a great number of elements easily. First prototypes were designed …
Publisher: 
North-Holland
Publication date: 
21 Oct 2009
Authors: 

Salvatore Tudisco, L Lanzanò, F Musumeci, L Neri, S Privitera, A Scordino, G Condorelli, G Fallica, M Mazzillo, D Sanfilippo, G Valvo

Biblio References: 
Volume: 610 Issue: 1 Pages: 138-141
Origin: 
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment