The performance of photon counting imaging with a Geiger mode silicon avalanche photodiode

被引：5
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作者：
Qu, Hui-Ming [1 ]
Zhang, Yi-Fan [1 ]
Ji, Zhong-Jie [1 ]
Chen, Qian [1 ]
机构：
[1] Nanjing Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Elect Engn & Optoelect Technol, Nanjing 210094, Jiangsu, Peoples R China
来源：
LASER PHYSICS LETTERS | 2013年 / 10卷 / 10期
基金：
中国国家自然科学基金;
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D O I：
10.1088/1612-2011/10/10/105201
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
In principle, photon counting imaging can detect a photon. With the development of low-level-light image intensifier techniques and low-level-light detection devices, photon counting imaging can now detect photon images under extremely low illumination. Based on a Geiger mode silicon avalanche photodiode single photon counter, an experimental system for photon counting imaging was built through two-dimensional scanning of a SPAD (single photon avalanche diode) detector. The feasibility of the imaging platform was validated experimentally. Two images with different characteristics, namely, the USAF 1951 resolution test panel and the image of Lena, were chosen to evaluate the imaging performance of the experimental system. The results were compared and analysed. The imaging properties under various illumination and scanning steps were studied. The lowest illumination limit of the SPAD photon counting imaging was determined.
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