Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 50, Issue 11, 20210009(2021)
Pixel-level high resolution and low error rate time-to-digital converter circuit of single photon detection InGaAs avalanche focal plane array
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Xu Liu, Yunduo Li, Lianhua Ye, Zhangcheng Huang, Songlei Huang, Jiaxiong Fang. Pixel-level high resolution and low error rate time-to-digital converter circuit of single photon detection InGaAs avalanche focal plane array[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2021, 50(11): 20210009
Category: Infrared technology and application
Received: Dec. 28, 2020
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Published Online: Dec. 7, 2021
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