Historical Perspectives, State of art and Research Trends of Single Photon Avalanche Diodes and Their Applications (Part 1: Single Pixels)

I Cusini, D Berretta, E Conca, A Incoronato… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The ability to detect single photons is becoming an enabling key capability in an increasing
number of fields. Indeed, its scope is not limited to applications that specifically rely on single …

Single-shot pulsed-lidar spad sensor with on-chip peak detection for background rejection

A Incoronato, I Cusini, K Pasquinelli… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, direct Time-of-Flight techniques have been exploited with single-photon
detectors to provide long distance ranges and high-frame rates measurements. Detectors …

[HTML][HTML] Reduction of afterpulse and dark count effects on SPAD detectors using processing methods

A Erfanian, M Rahmanpour, M Khaje, A Afifi… - Results in Optics, 2024 - Elsevier
Single-photon detector is a device that can detect fragile light signals such as photons.
Noise is one of the major problems of Single-Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) in quantum …

Multi-Channel Gating Chip in 0.18 µm High-Voltage CMOS for Quantum Applications

C Ribisch, M Hofbauer, SS Kohneh Poushi, A Zimmer… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
A gating circuit for a photonic quantum simulator is introduced. The gating circuit uses a
large excess bias voltage of up to 9.9 V and an integrated single-photon avalanche diode …

Noise and breakdown characterization of SPAD detectors with time-gated photon-counting operation

H Mahmoudi, M Hofbauer, B Goll, H Zimmermann - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Being ready-to-detect over a certain portion of time makes the time-gated single-photon
avalanche diode (SPAD) an attractive candidate for low-noise photon-counting applications …

Electric-field-drive single photon avalanche diode with barrier enhancement for fluorescence detection

Y Wang, X **, M Zeng, Y Peng, J Luo - Microelectronics Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
Single photon avalanche diodes (SPAD) are widely used in fluorescence detection. The
fluorescent optical fiber temperature sensor has strict regulations on the photoelectric …

[HTML][HTML] A new quantum key distribution protocol to reduce afterpulse and dark counts effects

M Rahmanpour, A Erfanian, A Afifi, M Khaje… - Results in Optics, 2024 - Elsevier
The most important goal of quantum communication is to distribute the encryption key
between the transmitter and the receiver. The optimal situation in Quantum Key Distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Implementable methods for characterizing single photon avalanche diode parameters

M Rahmanpour, A Erfanian, A Afifi, M Khaje… - Results in Optics, 2024 - Elsevier
Single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is used in quantum detectors. Quantum detectors
are widely used in quantum communication. The quality of these detectors strongly affects …

Reducing the afterpulse effect in QKD systems using detector doubling in the BB84 protocol

A Erfanian, M Rahmanpour, A Afifi, M Khaje… - 2025 - preprints.opticaopen.org
The afterpulse effect is an undesirable phenomenon that occurs in single-photon avalanche
diodes (SPADs). SPADs are widely employed in quantum key distribution (QKD) systems …

[PDF][PDF] ACTIVELY QUENCHED SPAD WITH IMPROVED AMPLIFICATION USING DEEP SUBMICRON CMOS TECHNOLOGY

NURNB MUSLIM - 2022 - eprints.utm.my
In general, a novel active quenching circuit for a single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is
invented to optimize the light detection and ranging (LiDAR) application, where the …