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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
New detector modules exploit recent progress in the technology of silicon single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) and in the design of associated electronic circuits. SPAD detectors with diameter up to 100 µm, good photon detection efficiency (48% peak at 550 nm wavelength) and low dark counting rate are used in these modules. Monolithic integrated active-quenching circuits (iAQC) and fast time-pickoff circuits ensure efficient photon counting and timing, with better than 50 ps FWHM time resolution and less than 50 ps centroid shift for counting rates up to 4 Mc/s. Experimental tests of the module performance and an application example are presented.
Publisher: 
Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 
20 Jan 2007
Authors: 

Andrea Giudice, M Ghioni, R Biasi, Franco Zappa, Sergio Cova, P Maccagnani, Angelo Gulinatti

Biblio References: 
Volume: 54 Issue: 2-3 Pages: 225-237
Origin: 
Journal of Modern Optics