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Temporal photon correlation measurement, instrumental to probing the quantum properties of light, typically requires multiple single photon detectors. Progress in single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) array technology highlights their…

Single-Photon Avalanche Detector (SPAD) arrays are a rapidly emerging technology. These multi-pixel sensors have single-photon sensitivities and pico-second temporal resolutions thus they can rapidly generate depth images with millimeter…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-12 Stirling Scholes , Germán Mora-Martín , Feng Zhu , Istvan Gyongy , Phil Soan , Jonathan Leach

To measure light emission pattern in scintillator, higher sensitivity and faster response are required to photo detector. Such as single photon avalanche diode (SPAD), conventional pixelated photo detector is operated at Geiger avalanche…

We report on the first demonstration of fluorescence detection using single-photon avalanche photodiodes (SPADs) monolithically integrated with a microfabricated surface ion trap. The SPADs are positioned below the trapping positions of the…

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are an emerging sensor technology capable of detecting individual incident photons, and capturing their time-of-arrival with high timing precision. While these sensors were limited to single-pixel or…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Sizhuo Ma , Shantanu Gupta , Arin C. Ulku , Claudio Bruschini , Edoardo Charbon , Mohit Gupta

Single-photon detectors (SPDs) are the most sensitive instruments for light detection. In the near-infrared range, SPDs based on III-V compound semiconductor avalanche photodiodes have been extensively used during the past two decades for…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-05-13 Jun Zhang , Mark A. Itzler , Hugo Zbinden , Jian-Wei Pan

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are advanced sensors capable of detecting individual photons and recording their arrival times with picosecond resolution using time-correlated Single-Photon Counting detection techniques. They are…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-13 Alice Ruget , Lewis Wilson , Jonathan Leach , Rachael Tobin , Aongus Mccarthy , Gerald S. Buller , Steve Mclaughlin , Abderrahim Halimi

Single-photon cameras (SPCs) are emerging as sensors of choice for various challenging imaging applications. One class of SPCs based on the single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) detects individual photons using an avalanche process; the raw…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-30 Lucas J. Koerner , Shantanu Gupta , Atul Ingle , Mohit Gupta

We have integrated a commercial avalanche photodiode (APD) and the circuitry needed to operate it as a single-photon detector (SPD) onto a single PC-board. At temperatures accessible with Peltier coolers (~200-240K), the PCB-SPD achieves…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Donald S. Bethune , William P. Risk , Gary W. Pabst

Free-running InGaAs/InP single-photon detectors (SPDs) based on negative-feedback avalanche diodes (NFADs) are the key components for applications requiring asynchronous single-photon detection in the near-infrared region. From the…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-02-20 Qi Xu , Chao Yu , Wei Chen , Jianglin Zhao , Dajian Cui , Jun Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

Gated InGaAs/InP avalanche photodiodes are the most practical device for detection of telecom single photons arriving at regular intervals.Here, we report the development of a compact single-photon detector (SPD) module measured just 8.8cm…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-01-08 Yan Zhengyu , Shi Tingting , Fan Yuanbin , Zhou Lai , Yuan Zhiliang

Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are an emerging technology with a unique capability of capturing individual photons with high timing precision. SPADs are being used in several active imaging systems (e.g., fluorescence lifetime…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-25 Atul Ingle , Andreas Velten , Mohit Gupta

Single-photon detectors are a pivotal component in photonic quantum technologies. A precise and comprehensive calibration of the intrinsic detection efficiency is of utmost importance to ensure the proper evaluation of the performance in…

A backside-illuminated (BSI) near-infrared enhanced silicon single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) for time-of-flight (ToF) light detection and ranging applications is presented. The detector contains a 2 $\mu$m wide multiplication region…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-03-04 Edward Van Sieleghem , Gauri Karve , Koen De Munck , Andrea Vinci , Celso Cavaco , Andreas Süss , Chris Van Hoof , Jiwon Lee

InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) working in the regime of GHz clock rates are crucial components for the high-speed quantum key distribution (QKD). We have developed for the first time a compact, stable and user-friendly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-05 Xiao-Lei Liang , Jian-Hong Liu , Quan Wang , De-Bing Du , Jian Ma , Ge Jin , Zeng-Bing Chen , Jun Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

We demonstrate an efficient photon number detector for visible wavelengths using a silicon avalanche photodiode. Under subnanosecond gating, the device is able to resolve up to four photons in an incident optical pulse. The detection…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 O. Thomas , Z. L. Yuan , J. F. Dynes , A. W. Sharpe , A. J. Shields

InGaAs/InP single-photon detectors (SPDs) are widely used for near-infrared photon counting in practical applications. Photon detection efficiency (PDE) is one of the most important parameters for SPD characterization, and therefore…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-08-05 Yu-Qiang Fang , Wei Chen , Tian-Hong Ao , Cong Liu , Li Wang , Xin-Jiang Gao , Jun Zhang , Jian-Wei Pan

In this work we investigate operation in the Geiger mode of the new single photon avalanche photo diode (SPAD) SAP500 manufactured by Laser Components. This SPAD is sensitive in the range 400-1000nm and has a conventional reach-through…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2015-03-14 M. Stipcevic , H. Skenderovic , D. Gracin

Single-photon-avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays are essential tools in biophotonics, optical ranging and sensing and quantum optics. However, their small number of pixels, low quantum efficiency and small fill factor have so far hindered their…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-21 Hugo Defienne , Jiuxuan Zhao , Edoardo Charbon , Daniele Faccio

In order to build a new concept of photomultiplier based on silicon technology, design and characterization of 5x5 arrays of a new generation of single photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) manufactured by ST-Microelectronics have been performed.…