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Teaching single-photon detection metrology with off-the-shelf CMOS SPAD detectors

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca

The fabrication of the first CMOS single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) back in 2003 paved the way to a range of photodetection applications based on single-photon detection, photon counting, and photon time-stamping. In turn, it has become more and more ...

SPIE2025

Developing photodetectors for future RICH particle detector applications

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Utku Karaca, Ming-Lo Wu, Won Yong Ha

The proposed next generation of particle physics experiments utilizing ring imaging Cherenkov detectors (RICH) will require photodetectors with 100 ps timing, mm2 granularity, large active area and the ability to operate in increasingly harsh environments. ...

SPIE2025

A new double multiplication region method to design high sensitivity and wide spectrum SPADs in standard CMOS technologies

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca

Designing SPADs with high sensitivity in a wide wavelength range is crucial since the applications utilizing SPAD-based sensors target different parts of the spectrum. Here, we introduce a novel technique to achieve a wider sensitivity spectrum through the ...

Nature Research2024

A 73% Peak PDP Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Implemented in 110 nm CIS Technology With Doping Compensation

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Myung Jae Lee, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca

In this article, we present 10 mu m diameter SPADs fabricated in 110 nm CIS technology based on an N (+) /HVPW junction, with enhanced sensitivity at short wavelengths. To reduce tunneling noise due to the highly-doped layers in the process, a doping compe ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2024

Silicon CMOS and InGaAs(P)/InP SPADs for NIR/SWIR detection

Utku Karaca

Applications demanding imaging at low-light conditions at near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave infrared (SWIR) wavelengths, such as quantum information science, biophotonics, space imaging, and light detection and ranging (LiDAR), have accelerated the develo ...

EPFL2024

Double multiplication region configuration for near-infrared sensitivity enhancement in silicon cmos single-photon avalanche diodes

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca

A near-infrared sensitivity enhanced substrate non-isolated silicon single-photon avalanche diode is disclosed, comprising a p-well layer (101), a high-voltage n-well (102), the p-well layer and the high- voltage n-well layer positioned against each other ...

2024

Extended Temperature Modeling of InGaAs/InP SPADs

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Myung Jae Lee, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca, Vladimir Pesic

We present a simulation method to estimate the dark count rate (DCR), photon detection probability (PDP), and dark current of InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) from 225K to 300K. All simulations are performed completely in TCAD and match we ...

IEEE2023

Guard-Ring-Free InGaAs/InP Single-Photon Avalanche Diode Based on a Novel One-Step Zn-Diffusion Technique

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Myung Jae Lee, Ekin Kizilkan, Utku Karaca, Vladimir Pesic

This work presents a novel InGaAs/InP SPAD structure fabricated using a selective area growth (SAG) method. The surface topography of the selectively grown film deposited within the 70 mu m diffusion apertures is used to engineer the Zn diffusion profile t ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022