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Review

Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays Integrated to All-Digital CMOS Circuits

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory, 244 Wood St, Lexington, MA 02420, USA
Sensors 2016, 16(4), 495; https://doi.org/10.3390/s16040495
Submission received: 21 January 2016 / Revised: 21 March 2016 / Accepted: 1 April 2016 / Published: 8 April 2016
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Photon-Counting Image Sensors)

Abstract

This article reviews MIT Lincoln Laboratory's work over the past 20 years to develop photon-sensitive image sensors based on arrays of silicon Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes. Integration of these detectors to all-digital CMOS readout circuits enable exquisitely sensitive solid-state imagers for lidar, wavefront sensing, and passive imaging.
Keywords: imagers; imaging; avalanche photodiodes; Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes; lidar; ladar; wavefront sensing; photon counting imagers; imaging; avalanche photodiodes; Geiger-mode avalanche photodiodes; lidar; ladar; wavefront sensing; photon counting
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Aull, B. Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays Integrated to All-Digital CMOS Circuits. Sensors 2016, 16, 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16040495

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Aull, Brian. 2016. "Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays Integrated to All-Digital CMOS Circuits" Sensors 16, no. 4: 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16040495

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Aull, B. (2016). Geiger-Mode Avalanche Photodiode Arrays Integrated to All-Digital CMOS Circuits. Sensors, 16(4), 495. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16040495

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