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| dc.contributor.author | Deng, Shijie | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gordon, Declan | |
| dc.contributor.author | Morrison, Alan P. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-06-28T14:32:05Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-06-28T14:32:05Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-01-01 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Deng, S., Gordon, D. and Morrison, A. P. (2016) 'A Geiger-Mode APD Photon Counting System With Adjustable Dead-Time and Interchangeable Detector', IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 28(1), pp. 99-102. doi: 10.1109/LPT.2015.2487342 | en |
| dc.identifier.volume | 28 | en |
| dc.identifier.issued | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 99 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 102 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1041-1135 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10468/6389 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/LPT.2015.2487342 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode (GM-APD) photon counting system is presented in this letter. The system provides a maximum counting rate of 35 Mcounts/s and is capable of directly displaying the counting rate and data logging to a PC. In this system, the detector can be easily changed to enhance its usefulness in different applications. A novel active quench and reset integrated circuit (AQR-IC) is designed for the system with adjustable hold-off time from several nanoseconds up to 1.6 μs with a setting resolution of ~6.5 ns. This facilitates optimal performance when using different types of APDs. The AQR-IC also registers each avalanche event as a TTL pulse that is processed by a microcontroller to calculate the photon-counting rate. The microcontroller can be interfaced with a PC over USB to record the measured data and to allow further processing. Software was also written to calculate the photon-counting rate, display the results and save the data to files. | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7289373/ | |
| dc.rights | © 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. | en |
| dc.subject | Geiger-mode avalanche photodiode | en |
| dc.subject | Single photon counting | en |
| dc.subject | Adjustable dead-time | en |
| dc.subject | Photon-counting system | en |
| dc.subject | Photonics | en |
| dc.subject | Cathodes | en |
| dc.subject | Radiation detectors | en |
| dc.subject | Integrated circuits | en |
| dc.subject | Graphical user interfaces | en |
| dc.subject | Detectors | en |
| dc.subject | Avalanche photodiodes | en |
| dc.subject | Integrated optoelectronics | en |
| dc.subject | Photodetectors | en |
| dc.subject | Photon counting | en |
| dc.title | A geiger-mode APD photon counting system with adjustable dead-time and interchangeable detector | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
| dc.internal.authorcontactother | Alan Morrison, Engineering Faculty Office, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland. +353-21-490-3000 Email: a.morrison@ucc.ie | en |
| dc.internal.availability | Full text available | en |
| dc.date.updated | 2018-06-28T14:26:51Z | |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.internal.rssid | 348784563 | |
| dc.internal.wokid | WOS:000365950500025 | |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | en |
| dc.internal.copyrightchecked | No !!CORA!! | en |
| dc.internal.licenseacceptance | Yes | en |
| dc.internal.IRISemailaddress | a.morrison@ucc.ie | en |
