Published in

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 3(17), p. 657-659, 2005

DOI: 10.1109/lpt.2004.840920

Links

Tools

Export citation

Search in Google Scholar

SPADA: Single-photon avalanche diode arrays

Journal article published in 2005 by Franco Zappa, Angelo Gulinatti, Piera Maccagnani ORCID, Simone Tisa, Sergio Cova
This paper is available in a repository.
This paper is available in a repository.

Full text: Download

Green circle
Preprint: archiving allowed
Green circle
Postprint: archiving allowed
Red circle
Published version: archiving forbidden
Data provided by SHERPA/RoMEO

Abstract

We present a silicon monolithic array of 60 photon counters (single-photon avalanche diode array) for two-dimensional imaging, with detection efficiency higher than 30% in the visible range. The fabricated solid-state array is rugged and easy to be integrated in the optical system. It is free from readout noise and provides very fast frame rates and nanosecond gating. The detection electronics includes integrated active quenching circuits for each pixel of the array. We report the optical and electrical characterization of both array detectors and associated electronics.