Evaluation of GM-APD array devices for low-light-level imaging

Kimberly Kolb; Brandon Hanold; Joong Lee; Donald F. Figer

doi:10.1117/12.2050383

28 May 2014 Evaluation of GM-APD array devices for low-light-level imaging

Kimberly Kolb, Brandon Hanold, Joong Lee, Donald F. Figer

Proceedings Volume 9114, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VIII; 91140D (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050383
Event: SPIE Sensing Technology + Applications, 2014, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

The ability to count single photons is necessary to achieve many important science objectives in the near future. This paper presents the lab-tested performance of a photon-counting array-based Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GMAPD) device in the context of low-light-level imaging. Testing results include dark count rate, afterpulsing probability, intra-pixel sensitivity, and photon detection efficiency, and the effects of radiation damage on detector performance. The GM-APD detector is compared to the state-of-the-art performance of other established detectors using Signal-to-noise ratio as the overall evaluation metric.

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Kimberly Kolb, Brandon Hanold, Joong Lee, and Donald F. Figer "Evaluation of GM-APD array devices for low-light-level imaging", Proc. SPIE 9114, Advanced Photon Counting Techniques VIII, 91140D (28 May 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2050383

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