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. Newest research results are
introduced and comprehensively detailed.
Key Features
1. The topic is covered from
basics to applications.
2. The properties of discrete
SPADs and of integrated SPADs are compared in compact form.
3. Dedicated circuits to exploit
discrete and integrated SPADs are introduced and explained in detail.
4. Microelectronics and
optoelectronics are combined in an easily understandable way.
5. Numerous elaborate
illustrations and tables facilitate and enhance comprehension.
Author Biography:
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. In 2017, he received the Dr. degree from TU Wien. He
finished his doctoral studies sub auspiciis Praesidentis (i.e. with highest
possible honors). His main fields of research are opto-electronic integrated
circuits, single-photon detectors, integrated photonics, distance measurements,
and single-event effects. He authored and co-authored more than 70 journal and
conference contributions.
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 is with Vienna
University of Technology, Institute of Electrodynamics, Microwave and Circuit
Engineering, Vienna, Austria. Her major fields of interest are optoelectronics,
photonic-electronic integration, and integrated circuit design. She is author
of the Springer book ’Highly Sensitive Optical Receivers’ and author and
co-author of more than 65 journal and conference papers.
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-Nürnberg working at the Fraunhofer
Institute for Integrated Circuits (IIS-B), Erlangen, Germany in 1991. Then, Dr.
Zimmermann was an Alexander-von-Humboldt Research Fellow at Duke University,
Durham, N.C., working on diffusion in Si, GaAs, and InP until 1992. In 1993, he
joined the Chair for Semiconductor Electronics at Kiel University, Kiel,
Germany, where he lectured optoelectronics and worked on optoelectronic
integration. Since 2000 he is full professor for Electronic Circuit Engineering
at Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. His main interests are in
design and characterization of analog and nanometer CMOS circuits as well as optoelectronic
integrated CMOS and BiCMOS circuits, in optical wireless communication, in
single-photon detection and in electronic-photonic integration. He is author of
the Springer books ’Integrated Silicon Optoelectronics’ and ’Silicon
Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits’ as well as co-author of “Highly Sensitive
Optical Receivers”, “Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers”,
“Analog Filters in Nanometer CMOS”, “Comparators in Nanometer CMOS Technology”,
and “Optoelectronic Circuits in Nanometer CMOS Technology”. In addition, he is
author and co-author of more than 550 publications. In 2002, he became Senior
Member IEEE. He was primary guest editor of the Nov./Dec. 2014 issue of IEEE J.
Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics on Optical Detectors: Technology and
Applications.