Large-format image sensors based on custom Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays

Brian F. Aull; Erik K. Duerr; Jonathan P. Frechette; K. Alexander McIntosh; Daniel R. Schuette; Vyshi Suntharalingam; Richard D. Younger

doi:10.1117/12.2322656

18 September 2018 Large-format image sensors based on custom Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays

Brian F. Aull, Erik K. Duerr, Jonathan P. Frechette, K. Alexander McIntosh, Daniel R. Schuette, Vyshi Suntharalingam, Richard D. Younger

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Proceedings Volume 10729, Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: From X-Rays to THz; 107290B (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322656
Event: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, 2018, San Diego, California, United States

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Over the past 20 years, we have developed arrays of custom-fabricated silicon and InP Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays, CMOS readout circuits to digitally count or time stamp single-photon detection events, and techniques to integrate these two components to make back-illuminated solid-state image sensors for lidar, optical communications, and passive imaging. Starting with 4 × 4 arrays, we have recently demonstrated 256 × 256 arrays, and are working to scale to megapixel-class imagers. In this paper, we review this progress and discuss key technical challenges to scaling to large format.

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Brian F. Aull, Erik K. Duerr, Jonathan P. Frechette, K. Alexander McIntosh, Daniel R. Schuette, Vyshi Suntharalingam, and Richard D. Younger "Large-format image sensors based on custom Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode arrays", Proc. SPIE 10729, Optical Sensing, Imaging, and Photon Counting: From X-Rays to THz, 107290B (18 September 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2322656

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