Single Photon Avalanche Diodes and Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Optics and Lasers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2018) | Viewed by 2898
Special Issue Editors
Interests: time-correlated single-photon counting; SPAD; time-resolved electronics; fast counting
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Interests: single photon timing applications; integrated electronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Single photon detection has gained a prominent role in the measurement of optical signals, driven by the need for ultimate sensitivity and temporal resolution in various scientific and industrial applications such as Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging (FLIM), Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET), Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), and Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) to name a few.
Different technologies and materials have been successfully exploited to reach single photon sensitivity. Remarkable results have been achieved with semiconductor devices as Single Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs), both in single channels and arrays, and their number-resolving counterparts, Silicon Photomultipliers (SiPMs). Even higher performance, but at the expenses of a higher cost and complexity, can now be routinely achieved with superconducting materials arranged in nanostructure like in Superconducting Nanowires Single Photon Detectors (SNSPDs).
This Special Issue of Applied Sciences on “Single Photon Avalanche Diodes and Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detectors” is dedicated, but not limited to the following aspects of single photon detectors:
- physical modeling
- device design and development
- fabrication
- front end and processing electronic
- applications of single photon detectors
Prof. Dr. Ivan Rech
Dr. Giulia Acconcia
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Single Photon Detectors
- Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD)
- Silicon Photomultiplier (SiPM)
- Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector (SNSPD)
- Single photon counting
- Single photon timing
- Front-end and processing electronics for Single Photon Detectors
- Single photon imaging
