Single-photon detection for data communication and quantum systems /
Michael Hofbauer, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein and Horst Zimmermann.
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1. Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) -- 1.1. Basics and properties -- 1.2. Discrete dedicated SPADs -- 1.3. SPADs integrated into CMOS and BiCMOS -- 1.4. A model for photon detection probability 2. Photon-counting modules -- 2.1. Quenching -- 2.2. PCMs using discrete circuits -- 2.3. PCMs using integrated circuits 3. Advanced quenching and gating of integrated SPADs -- 3.1. Advanced quenching -- 3.2. Gating 4. SPAD receivers for data communications -- 4.1. Modeling of receiver bit error ratio -- 4.2. Fiber receivers -- 4.3. Optical wireless communications experiments with SPAD receivers 5. SPADs in quantum applications -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors -- 5.3. Quantum key distribution -- 5.4. Photonic quantum simulation -- 5.5. Photonic quantum computing -- 5.6. Ghost imaging -- 5.7. Super-resolution microscopy.
Many single photon detection systems are based on the technology of superconducting nanowires. But despite their high detection efficiency, the need of cooling them to cryogenic temperatures prohibits their widespread usage. This book shows the progress of integrated (thick) CMOS SPADs towards high photon detection probabilities and applications such as in low-cost consumer data communication and high-end single-photon counting for quantum applications.
Students and researchers in optics, quantum optics, electrical engineering.
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Dr. Michael Hofbauer received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology) in 2011. He became research assistant in 2011 and university assistant in 2016. Dr. Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein received the Dipl. Ing. degree and Dr. techn. degree from Vienna University of Technology, Austria, in 2000 and 2004, respectively. Since 2001 she has been with Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit Engineering, Vienna, Austria. Dr. Horst Zimmermann received the diploma in Physics in 1984 from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, and the Dr.-Ing. degree from the University Erlangen-N�urnberg working at the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS-B), Erlangen, Germany in 1991.