SPAD detection head with 32 fully-parallel channels for time-tagging single-photons at 3us

Simone Tisa; Fabrizio Guerrieri; Franco Zappa

doi:10.1117/12.807113

26 January 2009 SPAD detection head with 32 fully-parallel channels for time-tagging single-photons at 3μs

Simone Tisa, Fabrizio Guerrieri, Franco Zappa

Proceedings Volume 7222, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices VI; 72221H (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807113
Event: SPIE OPTO: Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, 2009, San Jose, California, United States

Abstract

We present a compact detection head based on a 32x1 array of Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD) and associated electronics for time tagging single photons (photon counting) with 3μs time-resolution, with high photon detection efficiency (45% at 450nm) and sharp photon-timing resolution (55 ps). The array is composed by 32 "smart" pixels, working in photon-counting mode, with fully parallel and synchronous acquisition. The array is driven by an FPGA able to acquire data from the sensor and to upload them to a remote PC via an USB 2.0 link, for real-time continuous acquisition up to 312.5 kframe/s. The module is bus-powered for convenient use with laptops, and provides also direct timing outputs from two pixels for time-resolved measurements (photon timing).

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Simone Tisa, Fabrizio Guerrieri, and Franco Zappa "SPAD detection head with 32 fully-parallel channels for time-tagging single-photons at 3μs", Proc. SPIE 7222, Quantum Sensing and Nanophotonic Devices VI, 72221H (26 January 2009); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.807113

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