S. Cova

9.1k total citations · 2 hit papers
202 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

S. Cova is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biophysics. According to data from OpenAlex, S. Cova has authored 202 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 152 papers in Instrumentation, 86 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 73 papers in Biophysics. Recurrent topics in S. Cova's work include Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (152 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (71 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (34 papers). S. Cova is often cited by papers focused on Advanced Optical Sensing Technologies (152 papers), Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques (71 papers) and Analytical Chemistry and Sensors (34 papers). S. Cova collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United States and United Kingdom. S. Cova's co-authors include Franco Zappa, Massimo Ghioni, Andrea L. Lacaita, Ivan Rech, G. Ripamonti, Carlo Samori, Alberto Tosi, Angelo Gulinatti, A. Longoni and Simone Tisa and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Physical Review Letters and Applied Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

S. Cova

195 papers receiving 6.3k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection

1996 784 citations S. Cova, Massimo Ghioni et al. Applied Optics profile →
Protein Conformational Dynamics Probed by Single-Molecule Electron Transfer

2003 709 citations Ivan Rech, S. Cova et al. profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of S. Cova

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of S. Cova. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of S. Cova based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with S. Cova. S. Cova is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	New silicon technologies enable high-performance arrays of single photon avalanche diodes 2013 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Angelo Gulinatti, Ivan Rech, Piera Maccagnani, S. Cova, Massimo Ghioni	10
2	New photon-counting detectors for single-molecule fluorescence spectroscopy and imaging 2011 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Xavier Michalet, Ryan A. Colyer, (unknown), Shimon Weiss, Oswald H. W. Siegmund, Anton S. Tremsin, John V. Vallerga, Federica Villa, Fabrizio Guerrieri, Ivan Rech, Angelo Gulinatti, Simone Tisa, Franco Zappa, Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova	13
3	High-throughput multispot single-molecule spectroscopy 2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Ryan A. Colyer, (unknown), (unknown), Ivan Rech, (unknown), (unknown), Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova, Shimon Weiss, Xavier Michalet	16
4	Planar silicon SPADs with improved photon detection efficiency 2010 ·Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE ·Angelo Gulinatti, (unknown), Ivan Rech, Piera Maccagnani, Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova	10
5	Single-Photon Avalanche Detectors for Quantum Communications 2010 ·Optical Fiber Communication Conference ·S. Cova, Massimo Ghioni, Franco Zappa, Alberto Tosi, Ivan Rech, Angelo Gulinatti, Simone Tisa	5
6	Dual‐color microchip electrophoresis with single‐photon avalanche diodes: Application to mutation detection 2008 ·Electrophoresis ·Stefania Stenirri, Marina Cretich, Ivan Rech, Alessandro Restelli, Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova, Maurizio Ferrari, Laura Cremonesi, Marcella Chiari	3
7	Optical crosstalk in single photon avalanche diode arrays: a new complete model 2008 ·Optics Express ·Ivan Rech, Antonino Ingargiola, (unknown), Ivan Labanca, (unknown), Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova	98
8	Semiconductor Avalanche Diode Detectors for Quantum Cryptography 2006 ·Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) ·Gerald S. Buller, S. Pellegrini, Ryan E. Warburton, (unknown), (unknown), A. B. Krysa, (unknown), S. Cova	6
9	Microchips and single‐photon avalanche diodes for DNA separation with high sensitivity 2006 ·Electrophoresis ·Ivan Rech, S. Cova, Alessandro Restelli, Massimo Ghioni, Marcella Chiari, Marina Cretich	17
10	Complete single-photon counting and timing module in a microchip 2005 ·Optics Letters ·Franco Zappa, Simone Tisa, Angelo Gulinatti, (unknown), S. Cova	17
11	Single photon avalanche diodes for 1.5 µm photon counting applications 2005 ·(unknown), R. Ben-Michael, C. F. Hsu, (unknown), Alberto Tosi, S. Cova, Franco Zappa, Radu Ispasoiu	5
12	Use of high‐molecular‐mass polyacrylamides as matrices for microchip electrophoresis of DNA fragments 2003 ·Electrophoresis ·Marina Cretich, Marcella Chiari, Ivan Rech, S. Cova	9
13	Fully–integrated active–quenching circuit for single–photon detection 2002 ·Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) ·Franco Zappa, Andrea Giudice, Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova	12
14	Integrated array of avalanche photodiodes for single-photon counting 1997 ·European Solid-State Device Research Conference ·(unknown), Massimo Ghioni, S. Cova, (unknown), (unknown), Alan P. Morrison, A. Mathewson	18
15	Avalanche photodiodes and quenching circuits for single-photon detection breakdown → 1996 ·Applied Optics ·S. Cova, Massimo Ghioni, Andrea L. Lacaita, Carlo Samori, Franco Zappa	784
16	Performance comparison of a single-photon avalanche diode with a microchannel-plate photomultiplier in time-correlated single-photon counting 1988 ·Review of Scientific Instruments ·Thomas A. Louis, (unknown), (unknown), Alfred R. Holzwarth, G. Ripamonti, S. Cova	30
17	Epitaxial Silicon Avalanche Photodiodes for Single Photon Detection with Picosecond Resolution 1987 ·Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) ·S. Cova, G. Ripamonti, Andrea L. Lacaita, Massimo Ghioni	1
18	A microspectrofluorometer system based on real time digital techniques 1986 ·NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N ·A. Longoni, S. Cova, (unknown), (unknown)	0
19	Physical Phenomena and Performance of Avalanche Photodiodes for Single-Photon Detection 1982 ·Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) ·S. Cova, A. Longoni, G. Ripamonti	1
20	AMPLITUDE DISTRIBUTION OF PHOTOMULTIPLIER SINGLE ELECTRON RESPONSE 1963 ·Virtual Community of Pathological Anatomy (University of Castilla La Mancha) ·M. Bertolaccini, S. Cova	3

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