Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays

Optical crosstalk is one of major problems limiting the performance of focal plane arrays based on single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). In this work, for the first time the crosstalk characteristics of a 4H-SiC SPAD linear array are studied, which is based on a real-time dual channel data acquisi...

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Main Authors: Heng Zhang, Linlin Su, Dong Zhou, Weizong Xu, Fangfang Ren, Dunjun Chen, Rong Zhang, Youdou Zheng, Hai Lu
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Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Linlin Su
Dong Zhou
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Fangfang Ren
Dunjun Chen
Rong Zhang
Youdou Zheng
Hai Lu
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description Optical crosstalk is one of major problems limiting the performance of focal plane arrays based on single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). In this work, for the first time the crosstalk characteristics of a 4H-SiC SPAD linear array are studied, which is based on a real-time dual channel data acquisition method. It is found that SiC SPAD array exhibits similar crosstalk probability compared with those of InGaAs-based SPAD arrays, which can be effectively reduced by trench isolation between adjacent pixels or by lowering overbias. The average time required for forming a crosstalk event is determined between 7 and 10 ns. As a result, active time-gated operation scheme can be applied for reducing crosstalk.
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spelling doaj-art-bde2f959772640d395e2f499f4bbd2de2025-08-20T03:14:53ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011161810.1109/JPHOT.2019.29541198903548Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode ArraysHeng Zhang0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1414-2555Linlin Su1Dong Zhou2Weizong Xu3Fangfang Ren4Dunjun Chen5Rong Zhang6Youdou Zheng7Hai Lu8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9835-6763School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, ChinaOptical crosstalk is one of major problems limiting the performance of focal plane arrays based on single photon avalanche diodes (SPADs). In this work, for the first time the crosstalk characteristics of a 4H-SiC SPAD linear array are studied, which is based on a real-time dual channel data acquisition method. It is found that SiC SPAD array exhibits similar crosstalk probability compared with those of InGaAs-based SPAD arrays, which can be effectively reduced by trench isolation between adjacent pixels or by lowering overbias. The average time required for forming a crosstalk event is determined between 7 and 10 ns. As a result, active time-gated operation scheme can be applied for reducing crosstalk.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8903548/SiCSPAD arrayultravioletcrosstalk.
spellingShingle Heng Zhang
Linlin Su
Dong Zhou
Weizong Xu
Fangfang Ren
Dunjun Chen
Rong Zhang
Youdou Zheng
Hai Lu
Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
IEEE Photonics Journal
SiC
SPAD array
ultraviolet
crosstalk.
title Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
title_full Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
title_fullStr Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
title_full_unstemmed Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
title_short Crosstalk Analysis of SiC Ultraviolet Single Photon Avalanche Photodiode Arrays
title_sort crosstalk analysis of sic ultraviolet single photon avalanche photodiode arrays
topic SiC
SPAD array
ultraviolet
crosstalk.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8903548/
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