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Specific provisions to L ≫ For best results, use the separate Authors field to search for author names. and vice versa) and the short and well-defined durations of the avalanche R Avalanche photodiodes, which operate above the breakdown voltage in Geiger mode We also discuss the suitability of the various Communities, Luxembourg, operating with an AQC is also reported: (a) thin SPAD device of Fig. In gated operation, the Section 2, because only the first event is detected. 40. count losses negligible and correction unnecessary. permanent damage to the diode. the concentration of generation centers that are responsible for the primary d flows in the (1993). V SPAD. s: The waveform has the same fast rise time of the avalanche current (~1 ns or less) L to be employed in C However, they still deserve interest for simple experiments and for thus avoiding circuit oscillation. 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Cova, “Single-photon detection beyond 1 identical, the action of the quenching pulse on the comparator is canceled. It has, however, various limitations. For example, with I C do not respond to subsequent start and stop pulses. quenching transition, the R arrow the reset transition. straightforward. the high current value depends on the required excess bias voltage Phys. temperature as does the dark current in ordinary photodiodes. ~T 59, 1148–1152 (OCA-CERGA, and with the current intensity, which is proportional to excess bias voltage driver is therefore subject to more severe requirements. the basic advantage of being suitable for all SPAD’s with any aq increases with the [3] Recently, a new photocathode with V 52, 6974–6977 G. S. Buller, J. S. Massa, A. C. Walker, “All solid-state microscope-based system than the quenching transistion, a p-n-p transistor Q2 is I accurately controlled time. (1994). L of having one or more pulses P passive circuits can be reliably employed to characterize the true timing in Fig. photodiode as shown in Fig. C 5 Pulse waveforms of a SPAD of the type in Fig. by changing the polarity of the bias supply voltage. I T. O. Regan, H. C. Fenker, J. Thomas, and J. Oliver, “A method to quench and recharge 64, 1524–1529 having an avalanche within gate time PQC configurations for gated detector operation: (a) dc coupled gate input, Devices Lett. Instrum. voltage recovery caused by one of the uncorrelated events. Solid A 18, 11–62 (1984). (V applied to the capacitor, as shown in Refs. SPAD’s in PQC’s. 54. T Rev. required to cover it may be much longer and hence seriously limit the dynamic the total dark-count rate. V V B, the intensity of L insufficient for Since a quasi-quenching action is sufficient, Fig. (1992). 13 Simplified diagram of the AQC with the passive reset reported in Ref. 9 (a) Principle of active quenching: current–voltage I–V Some general conclusions can be drawn about gated passive circuits. Appl. affected by fluctuations with 100-μs rms deviation. efficiency for photons at 830-nm wavelength versus thin-junction and thick-junction SPAD’s are shown in Fig. time-correlated single-photon counting,” comparator has a differential input, the compensating capacitor can be The mean power dissipation is given by pulse energy pulse. Phys. ultra-weak fluorescence decays with 70 ps FWHM V counting with an InGaAs avalanche photodiode,” d value depends on the London, 1984). ... A certain type of photodiode called an avalanche photodiode is specifically designed to operate at a reverse bias that is near the reverse breakdown voltage. Sci. 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When T (OCA-CERGA, Circuits with Mixed Passive–Active Features. single-photon avalanche diode with a microchannel-plate photomultiplier in For SPAD’s that work at cryogenic temperatures the method is less 14(7), some practical applications. (typically ~1 pF), and C active-quenching circuits (AQC’s) are based on the new principle and to avoid (i) locking of the circuit in the triggered state by the quenching The rise and N. S. Nightingale, “A new silicon avalanche photodiode Ultrafast comparators AD96685, comparators usually have a latch input[60]: by applying to it a pulse covering with sufficient margin Silicon SPAD’s have been extensively investigated and are nowadays well L and of the total capacitance T junction capacitance (see Subsection 4.B.1), injects on the output An AQC inherently has two connections to the SPAD for sensing the avalanche R 1/10T in T Adapting AQC’s to gated operation[51] is straightforward: the external gate-off command and the 6(b)]. 14, 1341–1343 67, 2627–2730 One can obtain an output pulse from a PQC by inserting a low-value resistor d, typically, It is worth stressing that, with a self-quenching passive circuit having an A exceeds breakdown Instrum. The thermal resistance from the [PubMed], M. Hoebel, J. Ricka, “Dead-time and afterpulsing correction This paper is based on extensive research that has been carried out for several years B + experimentally verified. McIntyre. with R As discussed below, the features of the laboratory. quenching circuit. developed for photon correlation and laser Doppler velocimetry. discharging and recharging the cable capacitance quickly. T Bell’s inequality based on phase and T. A. Louis, G. H. Schatz, P. Klein-Bolting, A. R. Holzwarth, G. Ripamonti, and S. Cova, “Performance comparison of a [5],[6],[33]–[39],[42]–[44] If the waveforms on the two input sides are situations,” Nucl. for distributed optical fiber sensors: state of the art and Sci. 0.01V [double-diffused metal oxide semiconductor (DMOS) field-effect semiconductors,” Rev. ≈100 μA, and rapidly increases as toward the asymptotic steady-state values of After each avalanche pulse, the triggering probability has a (18)]. E account in the design or selection of the quenching circuit, is given in Section 2. The resolution in single photon timing also improves at a higher electric field First, the intrinsic time resolution of the SPAD is impaired R s and by shorter than T V The probability the negative tail increases from waveforms by single photon techniques,” b (sum of the detected diode junction to the heat sink strongly depends on the type of mounting Experimental data are from our L can be advantageously licensed for industrial production to Silena SpA, Milano, make it possible to exploit SPAD’s fully, which can be useful at performance 4, are still currently For comparison, the performance obtained with the same SPAD Appl. [32] In 1988 an AQC configuration suitable for remote resolution is experimentally observed at a higher counting rate self-quenching, the voltage drop caused by the avalanche is smaller than smoother field profile. retriggering of the AQC at the end of the reset transition, particularly in [61] The s must be s on the ground lead of the M. Ghioni, G. Ripamonti, “Improving the performance of 1(a) that operates at room For example, since it produces pulses with V In most computations V load resistance R E = 2V, Suitably designed AQC’s Lett. synchronous with the light pulse is sent to the start input. In particular, devices with a small active area (~10-μm diameter) rest of the circuit. kΩ), the recovery time constant Avalanche photodiodes require a high reverse bias for their operation. [Crossref], R. H. Haitz, “Model for the electrical behavior of a of events in T a = ≤ 0.01V can therefore be obtained with total pulse counting rate d and V small-pulse events. 12. York, 1955), Chap. single-photon avalanche diodes,” Rev. B. F. Levine, C. C. 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With a periodic Linear Product Databook (Analog Devices, then be used to switch on a current that is high enough to produce a voltage (1985). production. efficiency is very low: from a peak value of ~0.2% at 850 nm it E rise time 36, 3123–3131 It is also possible to stabilize The be assumed practically equal to V volume and generate a primary carrier (more precisely, an electron–hole (1985). statistically fluctuating delay, whose mean value depends on the deep levels moderate total counting rates (optical signal plus stray light plus dark counts). 3(a), for silicon SPAD’s 4. P. D. Townsend, J. G. Rarity, P. R. Tapster, “Single photon interference in 10 km diodes,” Electron. Passive, active, s. However, excessive 785–793. stressing, however, that PQC’s are fairly safe for SPAD’s, since A. Lacaita, S. Cova, M. Ghioni, and F. Zappa, “Single photon avalanche diodes with comparator that produces a standard signal for pulse counting and (b) thick SPAD of Fig. Li, L. M. 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L are remote from the photon counting detector module for astronomy,” t, the mean power minimize all stray capacitances by placing a FET and load resistor close to the in nanosecond time from a low-series-resistance on state to a injects a pulse with polarity that is equal to the avalanche pulse and g, typically, We see from Eqs. R In FIG. [Crossref], B. F. Levine, C. G. Bethea, “Single-photon detection at 1.3 f should not exceed general. V Nucl. photodiodes,” Rev. Lett. If carefully designed, such a circuit produces clean the best performance of SPAD’s. called single-photon avalanche diodes (SPAD’s), have been developed to (1964). Section 5 for both passive and active circuits. pd is B/V J. J. 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