Single-Photon Imaging

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Seitz, Peter (Editor), Theuwissen, Albert JP (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
• Series: Springer Series in Optical Sciences, 160
• Subjects: Physics.; Atoms.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Spectroscopy.; Microscopy.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Spectroscopy and Microscopy.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.

The acquisition and interpretation of images is a central capability in almost all scientific and technological domains. In particular, the acquisition of electromagnetic radiation, in the form of visible light, UV, infrared, X-ray, etc. is of enormous practical importance. The ultimate sensitivity...

Table of Contents:

• Fundamentals of noise in optoelectronics
• Semiconductor technology for single-photon image sensing
• Hybrid Avalanche Photodiode Array (APD) Imaging
• Electron Bombarded Semiconductor Image Sensors
• Silicon Photomultipliers, SiPM
• Electron-Multiplying CDs, EMCCD
• Monolithic Single-Photon Avalanche Photodetectors, SPAD
• Single-photon CMOS imaging through bandwidth optimization
• Architectures for low-noise CMOS electronic imaging
• Low-noise electronic imaging with double-gate FETs and charge-modulation devices
• Energy-sensitive single-photon X-ray and particle imaging
• Single-photon imaging for astronomy and aerospace applications
• Single-photon imaging for the life sciences
• Single-photon imaging for time-of-flight range 3D imaging.