Conveners
Day 5 - Session 2: Farewell session
- Javier Fernandez-Tejero (Simon Fraser University / TRIUMF (CA))
The Single Photon Avalanche Diode (SPAD) technology relies on saturated gain, i.e. the complete discharge of the diode, for detecting single charge carriers, electrons or holes, usually produced by single photons. SPADs will detect the carriers produced by charged particles, however the signal may be buried in thermal noise, without the ability to identify one (thermal) carrier from multiple...
We propose a novel APD array showing near 100% fill factor. The APDs operate in proportional mode at low or moderate gain and exhibit very high detection efficiency also in inter pixel gap regions. By applying a fully depleted reach-through structure light entrance side and electronics side are kept separated. In contrast to common APD arrays the avalanche process is sustained in the inter...
