Title :
Simulated monolithically integrated single photon counter
Author :
Cronin, Donal ; Moloney, Aoife M. ; Morrison, Alan P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
Simulations of a Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GMAP) monolithically integrated with its corresponding active quench and reset circuit (AQRC) are presented. The AQRC design is simulated in Agilent´s ADS simulator using BSIM3 MOSFET models acquired from Europractice´s 0.6 μm CMOS process. The novelty of the design ensures a minimum dead-time of 13 ns between adjacent incident photons. This corresponds to a maximum achievable saturated count-rate of 77 Mcounts/sec, not previously reported.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; avalanche photodiodes; circuit simulation; photodetectors; photon counting; 0.6 micron; 13 ns; AQRC; CMOS process; GMAP; Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode; MOSFET; active quench/reset circuit; adjacent incident photons dead-time; maximum achievable saturated count-rate; monolithically integrated single photon counter; single photon detection; Avalanche photodiodes; CMOS process; Circuit simulation; Counting circuits; Detectors; Educational institutions; Electronic ballasts; Fluorescence; Nonlinear optics; Optical saturation;
Conference_Titel :
High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 2004
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8426-1
DOI :
10.1109/HFPSC.2004.1360336
