Photon-Counting Arrays for Time-Resolved Imaging

I. Michel Antolovic; Samuel Burri; Ron A. Hoebe; Yuki Maruyama; Claudio Bruschini; Edoardo Charbon

doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/s16071005

Photon-Counting Arrays for Time-Resolved Imaging

I. Michel Antolovic, Samuel Burri, Ron A. Hoebe, Yuki Maruyama, Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon

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Abstract

The paper presents a camera comprising 512 x 128 pixels capable of single-photon detection and gating with a maximum frame rate of 156 kfps. The photon capture is performed through a gated single-photon avalanche diode that generates a digital pulse upon photon detection and through a digital one-bit counter. Gray levels are obtained through multiple counting and accumulation, while time-resolved imaging is achieved through a 4-ns gating window controlled with subnanosecond accuracy by a field-programmable gate array. The sensor, which is equipped with microlenses to enhance its effective fill factor, was electro-optically characterized in terms of sensitivity and uniformity. Several examples of capture of fast events are shown to demonstrate the suitability of the approach

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1005
Journal	SENSORS
Volume	16
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s16071005
Publication status	Published - 2016

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