Michael Hofbauer, Horst Zimmermann, Kerstin Schneider-Hornstein

Single-Photon Detection for Data Communication and Quantum Systems (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The era of photodiode ICs (photodiode integrated circuits, PDICs) started in the 1990s with applications in audio CD players, CD-ROM and DVD systems when bandwidths and transimpedance of optical sensors consisting of discrete photodiodes / photodiode arrays and amplifier IC came to a limit. Since that time, rapid progress was made in bandwidth / data rate and quantum efficiency / responsivity of integrated photodiodes and sensor ICs. The first quantum leap were integrated pin photodiodes. Then avalanche photodiodes (APDs) in the linear mode introduced the second step of performance gain. The newest quantum leap in integrated photodetectors came with APDs operated in the Geiger mode, where detection of single photons is possible.

Single-photon detection has been subject of a huge hype in research since more than a decade with a lot of progress in single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) integrated in CMOS chips. There are many publications on SPADs and SPAD sensor ICs for biomedical applications, for imaging and distance measurement / 3-dimensional sensors. Publications on integrated SPADs for quantum communication, quantum cryptography and quantum computer applications seem to be underrepresented. In addition, there is a new trend in SPAD-based optical receivers for data and free-space communication. This book therefore will focus on SPAD ICs for data communication and quantum systems.

This book targets students and researchers in optics, quantum optics, electrical engineering, and in addition, is recommended for practicing engineers.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780750325844
• Artikelnr.: 63266892

Autorenporträt

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.