scholarly journals Improving the counting efficiency in time-correlated single photon counting experiments by dead-time optimization

2015 ◽  
Vol 86 (11) ◽  
pp. 113101 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Peronio ◽  
G. Acconcia ◽  
I. Rech ◽  
M. Ghioni
Keyword(s):  
Dead Time ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Counting Efficiency ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Time Optimization

Photomultiplier Single Photon Counting Efficiency

1973 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 519 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Birenbaum ◽  
D. B. Scarl
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Counting Efficiency ◽  
Single Photon Counting

scholarly journals Design and Implementation of a Compact Single-Photon Counting Module

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 1131
Author(s):  
Ming Chen ◽  
Chenghao Li ◽  
Alan P. Morrison ◽  
Shijie Deng ◽  
Chuanxin Teng ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bias Voltage ◽  
Dead Time ◽  
Detection Efficiency ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Reverse Bias Voltage ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Avalanche Diode ◽  
Silicon Based ◽  
Off Time

A compact single-photon counting module that can accurately control the bias voltage and hold-off time is developed in this work. The module is a microcontroller-based system which mainly consists of a microcontroller, a programmable negative voltage generator, a silicon-based single-photon avalanche diode, and an integrated active quench and reset circuit. The module is 3.8 cm × 3.6 cm × 2 cm in size and can communicate with the end user and be powered through a USB cable (5 V). In this module, the bias voltage of the single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) is precisely controllable from −14 V ~ −38 V and the hold-off time (consequently the dead time) of the SPAD can be adjusted from a few nanoseconds to around 1.6 μs with a setting resolution of ∼6.5 ns. Experimental results show that the module achieves a minimum dead time of around 28.5 ns, giving a saturation counting rate of around 35 Mcounts/s. Results also show that at a controlled reverse bias voltage of 26.8 V, the dark count rate measured is about 300 counts/s and the timing jitter measured is about 158 ps. Photodetection probability measurements show that the module is suited for detection of visible light from 450 nm to 800 nm with a 40% peak photon detection efficiency achieved at around 600 nm.

scholarly journals EIGER detector: application in macromolecular crystallography

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (9) ◽  
pp. 1036-1048 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arnau Casanas ◽  
Rangana Warshamanage ◽  
Aaron D. Finke ◽  
Ezequiel Panepucci ◽  
Vincent Olieric ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Data Quality ◽  
Data Acquisition ◽  
Dead Time ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Quality Data ◽  
Macromolecular Crystallography ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Optimal Rotation

The development of single-photon-counting detectors, such as the PILATUS, has been a major recent breakthrough in macromolecular crystallography, enabling noise-free detection and novel data-acquisition modes. The new EIGER detector features a pixel size of 75 × 75 µm, frame rates of up to 3000 Hz and a dead time as low as 3.8 µs. An EIGER 1M and EIGER 16M were tested on Swiss Light Source beamlines X10SA and X06SA for their application in macromolecular crystallography. The combination of fast frame rates and a very short dead time allows high-quality data acquisition in a shorter time. The ultrafine φ-slicing data-collection method is introduced and validated and its application in finding the optimal rotation angle, a suitable rotation speed and a sufficient X-ray dose are presented. An improvement of the data quality up to slicing at one tenth of the mosaicity has been observed, which is much finer than expected based on previous findings. The influence of key data-collection parameters on data quality is discussed.

Quantum efficiency and dead time of single-photon counting photodiodes: a comparison between two measurement techniques

Metrologia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 625-628 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Brida ◽  
S Castelletto ◽  
I P Degiovanni ◽  
C Novero ◽  
M L Rastello
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Efficiency ◽  
Dead Time ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Single Photon Counting

Single Point PICA Probing with an Avalanche Photo-Diode

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Bruce ◽  
Rama R. Goruganthu ◽  
Shawn McBride ◽  
David Bethke ◽  
J.M. Chin
Keyword(s):  
Single Photon ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Ring Oscillator ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Photo Diode ◽  
Avalanche Photo Diode ◽  
Photo Multiplier Tube ◽  
Channel Plate

Abstract For time resolved hot carrier emission from the backside, an alternate approach is demonstrated termed single point PICA. The single point approach records time resolved emission from an individual transistor using time-correlated-single-photon counting and an avalanche photo-diode. The avalanche photo-diode has a much higher quantum efficiency than micro-channel plate photo-multiplier tube based imaging cameras typically used in earlier approaches. The basic system is described and demonstrated from the backside on a ring oscillator circuit.

scholarly journals UVscope and its application aboard the ASTRI-Horn telescope

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Concetta Maccarone ◽  
Giovanni La Rosa ◽  
Osvaldo Catalano ◽  
Salvo Giarrusso ◽  
Alberto Segreto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gamma Ray ◽  
Single Photon ◽  
Photon Counting ◽  
Light Flux ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Wide Field ◽  
High Energy Astrophysics ◽  
Single Photon Counting ◽  
Photon Counting Mode

AbstractUVscope is an instrument, based on a multi-pixel photon detector, developed to support experimental activities for high-energy astrophysics and cosmic ray research. The instrument, working in single photon counting mode, is designed to directly measure light flux in the wavelengths range 300-650 nm. The instrument can be used in a wide field of applications where the knowledge of the nocturnal environmental luminosity is required. Currently, one UVscope instrument is allocated onto the external structure of the ASTRI-Horn Cherenkov telescope devoted to the gamma-ray astronomy at very high energies. Being co-aligned with the ASTRI-Horn camera axis, UVscope can measure the diffuse emission of the night sky background simultaneously with the ASTRI-Horn camera, without any interference with the main telescope data taking procedures. UVscope is properly calibrated and it is used as an independent reference instrument for test and diagnostic of the novel ASTRI-Horn telescope.

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