{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["13(1)"],"submitter":["Zheng J"],"pubmed_abstract":["One of the most common approaches for quenching single-photon avalanche diodes is to use a passive resistor in series with it. A drawback of this approach has been the limited recovery speed of the single-photon avalanche diodes. High resistance is needed to quench the avalanche, leading to slower recharging of the single-photon avalanche diodes depletion capacitor. We address this issue by replacing a fixed quenching resistor with a bias-dependent adaptive resistive switch. Reversible generation of metallic conduction enables switching between low and high resistance states under unipolar bias. As an example, using a Pt/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/Ag resistor with a commercial silicon single-photon avalanche diodes, we demonstrate avalanche pulse widths as small as ~30 ns, 10× smaller than a passively quenched approach, thus significantly improving the single-photon avalanche diodes frequency response. The experimental results are consistent with a model where the adaptive resistor dynamically changes its resistance during discharging and recharging the single-photon avalanche diodes."],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["1517"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC8938474"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Dynamic-quenching of a single-photon avalanche photodetector using an adaptive resistive switch."],"pmcid":["PMC8938474"],"pubmed_authors":["Campbell JC","Zheng J","Ji C","Rosenmann D","Wu J","Guha S","Xue X","Yuan Y","Sun K","Wang L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Dynamic-quenching of a single-photon avalanche photodetector using an adaptive resistive switch.","description":"One of the most common approaches for quenching single-photon avalanche diodes is to use a passive resistor in series with it. A drawback of this approach has been the limited recovery speed of the single-photon avalanche diodes. High resistance is needed to quench the avalanche, leading to slower recharging of the single-photon avalanche diodes depletion capacitor. We address this issue by replacing a fixed quenching resistor with a bias-dependent adaptive resistive switch. Reversible generation of metallic conduction enables switching between low and high resistance states under unipolar bias. As an example, using a Pt/Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>/Ag resistor with a commercial silicon single-photon avalanche diodes, we demonstrate avalanche pulse widths as small as ~30 ns, 10× smaller than a passively quenched approach, thus significantly improving the single-photon avalanche diodes frequency response. The experimental results are consistent with a model where the adaptive resistor dynamically changes its resistance during discharging and recharging the single-photon avalanche diodes.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Mar","modification":"2025-04-26T15:23:38.048Z","creation":"2025-04-06T14:51:55.987Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC8938474","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35314686"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-022-29195-7"]}}