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A reconfigurable cryogenic platform for the classical control of quantum processors

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

The implementation of a classical control infrastructure for large-scale quantum computers is challenging due to the need for integration and processing time, which is constrained by coherence time. We propose a cryogenic reconfigurable platform as the hea ...

2017

A High-PDE, Backside-Illuminated SPAD in 65/40-nm 3D IC CMOS Pixel With Cascoded Passive Quenching and Active Recharge

Edoardo Charbon, Scott Anthony Lindner, Martin Wolf

We present a complete pixel based on a single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) fabricated in a backside-illuminated (BSI) 3D IC technology. The chip stack comprises an image sensing tier produced in a 65-nm image sensor technology and a data processing tier i ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

A quantum-implementable neural network model

Edoardo Charbon, Lingli Wang

A quantum-implementable neural network, namely quantum probability neural network (QPNN) model, is proposed in this paper. QPNN can use quantum parallelism to trace all possible network states to improve the result. Due to its unique quantum nature, this m ...

2017

LinoSPAD: A Compact Linear SPAD Camera System with 64 FPGA-Based TDC Modules for Versatile 50 ps Resolution Time-Resolved Imaging

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri

The LinoSPAD camera system is a modular, compact and versatile time-resolved camera system, combining a linear 256 high fill factor pixel CMOS SPAD (single-photon avalanche diode) sensor with an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) and USB 3.0 transceiver ...

2017

Fluorescence lifetime imaging using a single photon avalanche diode array sensor

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri, Ivan Michel Antolovic

Single photon detectors allows us work with the weakest fluorescence signals. Single photon arrays, combined with ps-controlled gating allow us to create image maps of fluorescence lifetimes, which can be used for in-vivo discrimination of tissue activity. ...

2017

Imaging free and bound NADH towards cancer tissue detection using FLIM system based on SPAD array

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri, Ivan Michel Antolovic

Summary form only given. Single photon detectors allow us to work with the weakest signals such as auto-fluorescent biological sources. In combination with time gated operation mode, an array of detectors can be used as Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging system ...

2017

Characterization of bipolar transistors for cryogenic temperature sensors in standard CMOS

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

This paper presents the cryogenic characterization of the bipolar substrate PNPs that are typically employed as sensing elements in CMOS integrated temperature sensors. PNPs realized in a standard 160-nm CMOS technology were characterized over the temperat ...

2017

Cryogenic CMOS interfaces for quantum devices

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

Quantum computers could efficiently solve problems that are intractable by today's computers, thus offering the possibility to radically change entire industries and revolutionize our lives. A quantum computer comprises a quantum processor operating at cry ...

2017

Cryo-CMOS Circuits and Systems for Quantum Computing Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

A fault-tolerant quantum computer with millions of quantum bits (qubits) requires massive yet very precise control electronics for the manipulation and readout of individual qubits. CMOS operating at cryogenic temperatures down to 4 K (cryo-CMOS) allows fo ...

2017

CubeSat quantum communications mission

Edoardo Charbon

Quantum communication is a prime space technology application and offers near-term possibilities for long-distance quantum key distribution (QKD) and experimental tests of quantum entanglement. However, there exists considerable developmental risks and sub ...

2017

Cryo-CMOS Electronic Control for Scalable Quantum Computing

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

Quantum computers1 could revolutionize computing in a profound way due to the massive speedup they promise. A quantum computer comprises a cryogenic quantum processor and a classical electronic controller. When scaling up the cryogenic quantum processor to ...

2017

Ten years of biophotonics single-photon SPAD imager applications: retrospective and outlook, Multiphoton Microscopy in the Biomedical Sciences XVII

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

SPAD (single-photon avalanche diode) arrays are single-photon imagers that can provide unparalleled timeresolved sensing performance. Since their inception in standard CMOS technologies (2003), a host of architectures and target applications have been expl ...

2017

A Radiation-Tolerant, high performance SPAD for SiPMs implemented in CMOS technology

Edoardo Charbon, Qi Guo, Myung Jae Lee

We investigate the radiation effects on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs) fabricated in CMOS technology. For this investigation, a high-performance SPAD based on a vertical p-i-n construction with buried-N layer is proposed and used for the characteri ...

2017

Small-animal and endoscopic PET detector modules based on multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers

Edoardo Charbon, Esteban Venialgo Araujo, Augusto Carimatto

In time-of-flight (TOF) positron emission tomography (PET), the coincidence resolving time (CRT) has a strong influence on the overall performance. Multichannel digital silicon photomultipliers (MD-SiPMs) are able to obtain several timestamps for gamma pho ...

2017

Nanometer CMOS characterization and compact modeling at deep-cryogenic temperatures

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

The characterization of nanometer CMOS transistors of different aspect ratios at deep-cryogenic temperatures (4 K and 100 mK) is presented for two standard CMOS technologies (40 nm and 160 nm). A detailed understanding of the device physics at those temper ...

2017

Towards a fully digital state-of-the-art analog SiPM

Edoardo Charbon, Andrada Alexandra Muntean, Esteban Venialgo Araujo

2017

Cryo-CMOS for quantum computing

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

Cryogenic CMOS, or cryo-CMOS circuits and systems, are emerging in VLSI design for many applications, in primis quantum computing. Fault-tolerant quantum bits (qubits) in surface code configurations, one of the most accepted implementations in quantum comp ...

2017

Towards 10ps SPTR and Ultra-Low DCR in SiPMs Through the Combination of Microlenses and Photonic Crystals

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Francesco Gramuglia, Myung Jae Lee, Esteban Venialgo Araujo

2017

15.5 Cryo-CMOS circuits and systems for scalable quantum computing

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Harald Arjan Robert Homulle

Quantum computing holds the promise to achieve unprecedented computation power and to solve problems today intractable. State-of-the-art quantum processors consist of arrays of quantum bits (qubits) operating at a very low base temperature, typically a few ...

2017

SPAD imagers for super resolution localization microscopy enable analysis of fast fluorophore blinking

Claudio Bruschini, Edoardo Charbon, Samuel Burri, Ivan Michel Antolovic

sCMOS imagers are currently utilized (replacing EMCCD imagers) to increase the acquisition speed in super resolution localization microscopy. Single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) imagers feature frame rates per bit depth comparable to or higher than sCMOS ...

Nature Research2017

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