CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Advanced Search
Home > Proceedings > Volume 11540 > Article
Presentation
20 September 2020 2.4ps rms precision time-to-amplitude converter for high-performance time correlated single photon measurements
Giulia Acconcia, Ivan Labanca, Massimo Ghioni, Ivan Rech
Author Affiliations +
Proceedings Volume 11540, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence V; and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Micro- and Nanosystems in Security and Defence III; 115400N (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574459
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2020, Online Only
Abstract
The measurement of the time of arrival of single photons with picoseconds precision has been subject to a growing interest in recent years. In this field, conversion electronics with ultimate precision becomes of the utmost importance not only for demanding applications but even for most advanced sensors characterization. We present the first fully-integrated Time-to-Amplitude Converter providing a state-of-art precision better than 6ps Full Width at Half Maximum (2.4ps rms) on a 12.5ns Full Scale Range. The TAC structure has been proven effective to combine picosecond precision with high linearity, i.e. lower than 1% rms. The single channel can achieve a conversion rate of several MHz and thanks to a low power dissipation and area occupation, it is also suitable to be the building block of a multichannel structure.
Conference Presentation
© (2020) COPYRIGHT Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Citation Download Citation
Giulia Acconcia, Ivan Labanca, Massimo Ghioni, and Ivan Rech "2.4ps rms precision time-to-amplitude converter for high-performance time correlated single photon measurements", Proc. SPIE 11540, Emerging Imaging and Sensing Technologies for Security and Defence V; and Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Micro- and Nanosystems in Security and Defence III, 115400N (20 September 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2574459
ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE
ORGANIZATIONAL
Sign in with credentials provided by your organization.
INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.
SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION
PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
PERSONAL SIGN IN
No SPIE Account? Create one
PURCHASE THIS CONTENT
SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY
50 downloads per 1-year subscription
Members: $195
Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART
25 downloads per 1 - year subscription
Members: $145
Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART
PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE
Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available
Members: $17.00
Non-members: $21.00 ADD TO CART
PROCEEDINGS
 PRESENTATION
WATCH
PRESENTATION SAVE TO MY LIBRARY
GET CITATION
Advertisement
Advertisement
KEYWORDS
Single photon
Precision measurement
Picosecond phenomena
Sensors
Electronics
Fluorescence lifetime imaging
Nanowires
RELATED CONTENT
Subscribe to Digital Library
Receive Erratum Email Alert
Back to Top