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3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) image sensors are used widely in applications such as self-driving cars, Augmented Reality (AR) and robotics. When implemented with Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs), compact, array format sensors can be made…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-22 Germán Mora Martín , Stirling Scholes , Alice Ruget , Robert K. Henderson , Jonathan Leach , Istvan Gyongy

We demonstrate photon-counting single-pixel imaging in the ultraviolet region. Toward this target, we develop a high-performance compact single-photon detector based on a 4H-SiC single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD), where a tailored readout…

Multi-beam LiDAR sensors, as used on autonomous vehicles and mobile robots, acquire sequences of 3D range scans ("frames"). Each frame covers the scene sparsely, due to limited angular scanning resolution and occlusion. The sparsity…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Shengyu Huang , Zan Gojcic , Jiahui Huang , Andreas Wieser , Konrad Schindler

High-resolution 3D tracking with sub-nanosecond timing is required for the detection of elementary particles, such as neutrinos. Conventional detectors, which utilize analog silicon photomultipliers, face challenges in balancing spatial…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-11-24 Kodai Kaneyasu , Till Dieminger , Matthew Franks , Davide Sgalaberna , Claudio Bruschini , Edoardo Charbon

Enhancing photon detection efficiency and time resolution in photodetectors in the entire visible range is critical to improve the image quality of time-of-flight (TOF)-based imaging systems and fluorescence lifetime imaging (FLIM). In this…

Single-photon avalanche detectors (SPADs) have enabled various applications in emerging photonic quantum information technologies in recent years. However, despite many efforts to improve SPAD's performance, the design of SPADs remained…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-27 Boyang Zhang , Zhe Li , Zhongju Wang , Yang Yu , Hark Hoe Tan , Chennupati Jagadish , Daoyi Dong , Lan Fu

Advances in 3D reconstruction using neural rendering have enabled high-quality 3D capture. However, they often fail when the input imagery is corrupted by motion blur, due to fast motion of the camera or the objects in the scene. This work…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-30 Sai Sri Teja , Sreevidya Chintalapati , Vinayak Gupta , Mukund Varma T , Haejoon Lee , Aswin Sankaranarayanan , Kaushik Mitra

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

Fluorescence microscopy and derived techniques are continuously looking for photodetectors able to guarantee increased sensitivity, high spatial and temporal resolution and ease of integration into modern microscopy architectures. Recent…

Single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) are the most commercially diffused solution for single-photon counting in quantum key distribution (QKD) applications. However, the secondary photon emission, arising from the avalanche of charge…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-12-21 A. Meda , I. P. Degiovanni , A. Tosi , Z. L. Yuan , G. Brida , M. Genovese

A single-photon avalanche detector (SPAD) for high-speed quantum-key generation has successfully been developed. It has the highest photon detection repetition frequency and the lowest dark count rate in the world, as a board-mountable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-12-28 Seigo Takahashi , Akio Tajima , Akihisa Tomita

Real time, high resolution 3D reconstruction of scenes hidden from the direct field of view is a challenging field of research with applications in real-life situations related e.g. to surveillance, self-driving cars and rescue missions.…

Optics · Physics 2019-07-24 G. Musarra , A. Lyons , E. Conca , Y. Altmann , F. Villa , F. Zappa , M. J. Padgett , D. Faccio

Light detection and ranging (Lidar) single-photon devices capture range and intensity information from a 3D scene. This modality enables long range 3D reconstruction with high range precision and low laser power. A multispectral…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-20 Julián Tachella , Yoann Altmann , Miguel Márquez , Henry Arguello-Fuentes , Jean-Yves Tourneret , Stephen McLaughlin

The ability to detect single photons has led to the advancement of numerous research fields. Although various types of single-photon detector have been developed, because of two main factors - that is, (1) the need for operating at…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2024-09-18 Neil Na , Yen-Cheng Lu , Yu-Hsuan Liu , Po-Wei Chen , Ying-Chen Lai , You-Ru Lin , Chung-Chih Lin , Tim Shia , Chih-Hao Cheng , Shu-Lu Chen

Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs) are the state-of-the-art technology in single-photon detection with solid-state detectors. Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs), the key element of SiPMs, can now be manufactured in CMOS processes,…

Distinguishing photon-arrival time and position is crucial for advancing quantum technology. However, capturing spatial and temporal information efficiently remains challenging. Here, we present a novel photon-detection technique to achieve…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-07-24 Ozora Iso , Kensuke Miyajima , Ryosuke Shimizu

With the evolving technology in CMOS integration, new classes of 2D-imaging detectors have recently become available. In particular, single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) arrays allow detection of single photons at high acquisition rates…

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 diode (SPAD) arrays have proven themselves as serious candidates for time of flight positron emission tomography (PET). Discrete readout schemes mitigate the low-noise requirements of analog schemes and offer very…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2018-06-28 M. -A. Tétrault , É. Desaulniers Lamy , A. Boisvert , C. Thibaudeau , F. Dubois , R. Fontaine , J. -F. Pratte

We characterize a new commercial, back-illuminated reach-through silicon single-photon avalanche photo diode (SPAD) SAP500 (Laser Components. Inc.), operated in Geiger-mode for purpose of photon counting. We show that for this sensor a…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2013-11-12 Mario Stipčević , Daqing Wang , Rupert Ursin