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SUMMARY:IEM Seminar Series: One Photon at a Time – CMOS SPAD Imagers for
  Scientific Applications
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DESCRIPTION:Claudio Bruschini\nAbstract\nThe fabrication of the first CMOS
  single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) back in 2003 paved the way to a ra
 nge of time-resolved photodetection applications based on single-photon de
 tection\, photon counting\, and photon time-stamping. These sensors are ca
 pable\, when implemented digitally\, of megapixel formats and very precise
  timing resolutions of a few tens of picoseconds\, with virtually noiseles
 s read-out at very high speed. Moreover\, masking and gating can be added 
 on-chip\, reaching nanosecond shutter windows. While light detection and r
 anging (LiDAR) represents perhaps the best-known commercial use of SPAD ar
 rays\, we have explored over the years a host of sensor architectures to a
 dvance fundamental and applied science\, e.g. in high-energy/nuclear physi
 cs\, biophotonics\, and quantum imaging. SPAD cameras\, where all-solid-st
 ate CMOS devices allow to co-integrate single-photon detection and advance
 d signal acquisition and processing\, are thus displacing other detectors 
 and imagers such as traditional photomultiplier tubes\, progressively unlo
 cking fascinating new (quantum) use cases.\n\n\nBiography\nClaudio Bruschi
 ni received the Laurea degree in physics from the University of Genova\, I
 taly\, in 1992\, and the Ph.D. degree in applied sciences from Vrije Unive
 rsiteit Brussel\, Brussels\, Belgium\, in 2002. He is currently a Scientis
 t\, Lecturer and Lab Deputy with EPFL’s Advanced Quantum Architecture La
 boratory. His scientific interests have concentrated since 2003 on SPAD-ba
 sed quantum photonic devices as well as applications thereof. He has autho
 red or co-authored over 200 articles and conference proceedings and one bo
 ok\; he was the co-recipient of the 2012 European Photonics Innovation Awa
 rd and of the Image Sensors Europe 2019 Award in the category "Best Academ
 ic Research Team"\, as well as Swiss Medtech Award 2016 finalist. He is an
  SPIE and IEEE Senior Member and co-founder of a spin-off commercialising 
 selected AQUA lab SPAD designs.\n\n 
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