Space-qualified silicon avalanche-photodiode single-photon-counting modules

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Xiaoli Sun · Goddard Space Flight Center

Michael A. Krainak · Goddard Space Flight Center

James B. Abshire · Goddard Space Flight Center

James D. Spinhirne · Goddard Space Flight Center

Claude Trottier · PerkinElmer Biosignal

Murray Davies · PerkinElmer Biosignal

H. Dautet ·

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Abstract A space-qualified silicon avalanche-photodiode (APD) based single-photon-counting-module (SPCM) was developed for the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) on board NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite (ICESat). Numerous improvements were made over the commercially available SPCMs in both performance and reliability. The measured optoelectronic parameters include, 65% photon detection efficiency at the 532nm wavelength, 15–17 mega-counts per second (Mcps) maximum count rate and less than 200s−1 dark counts before exposure to space radiation.

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Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies Photocathodes and Microchannel Plates Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

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Published in: Journal of Modern Optics

Volume 51, Issue 9-10, pp. 1333-1350

DOI: 10.1080/09500340410001677085

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Space-qualified silicon avalanche-photodiode single-photon-counting modules

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