Single-photon detection for data communication and quantum systems. ([2021])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Michael Hofbauer, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein and Horst Zimmermann.
• Authors: (Ph. D.), Hofbauer, Michael; Schneider-Hornstein, Kerstin; Professor, Zimmermann, H (Horst)
• Other Names: Institute of Physics (Great Britain), publisher.
• Contents: 1. Single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) -- 1.1. Basics and properties -- 1.2. Discrete dedicated SPADs -- 1.3. SPADs integrated into CMOS and BiCMOS -- 1.4. A model for photon detection probability 2. Photon-counting modules -- 2.1. Quenching -- 2.2. PCMs using discrete circuits -- 2.3. PCMs using integrated circuits 3. Advanced quenching and gating of integrated SPADs -- 3.1. Advanced quenching -- 3.2. Gating 4. SPAD receivers for data communications -- 4.1. Modeling of receiver bit error ratio -- 4.2. Fiber receivers -- 4.3. Optical wireless communications experiments with SPAD receivers 5. SPADs in quantum applications -- 5.1. Introduction -- 5.2. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors -- 5.3. Quantum key distribution -- 5.4. Photonic quantum simulation -- 5.5. Photonic quantum computing -- 5.6. Ghost imaging -- 5.7. Super-resolution microscopy.
• Publisher Details: Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource (1 PDF (various pagings), illustrations (some color)
• Subjects: 539.7/217; Photon detectors; Optical communications; Quantum optics; Optical physics; Optics and photonics
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780750325844; 0750325844; 9780750325837; 0750325836
• Related ISBNs: 9780750325820; 9780750325851
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Title from PDF title page (viewed on January 18, 2022).
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