Development of detector pixels based on silicon photomultipliers for the Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope TAIGA-IACT

Abstract The design and scheme of signal readout from silicon photomultipliers OnSemi MicroFJ-60035 used as sensitive elements (pixels) of a new detector cluster for the camera of the Cherenkov gamma-ray telescope TAIGA-IACT are developed. The design of the developed pixel follows the shape of the photomultiplier tube XP1911 using in the first generation clusters, and that provides compatibility of the new cluster with the telescope camera. Due to the adjustable gain, the developed scheme allows one to detect and digitize signals in a wide dynamic range from several to 10 000 photons.

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Silicon Photomultipliers' Analog Interface with Wide Dynamic Range

2019 IEEE East-West Design & Test Symposium (EWDTS) ◽

10.1109/ewdts.2019.8884430 ◽

2019 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Oleg V. Dvornikov ◽

Nikolay N. Prokopenko ◽

Vladimir A. Tchekhovski ◽

Yaroslav D. Galkin ◽

Alexey E. Titov ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dynamic Range ◽

Wide Dynamic Range ◽

Silicon Photomultipliers

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Investigation and Design of Wide Dynamic Range Gating Photosensor Module on the Base Hamamatsu Photomultiplier Tube R7400U with Output Signal Compression for LIDAR-RADAR Applications

2005 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium ◽

10.1109/isdrs.2005.1596172 ◽

2006 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

P.A. Molchanov ◽

V.M. Contarino ◽

O.V. Asmolova ◽

I.M. Petrosyuk ◽

Y.Y. Podobna

Keyword(s):

Output Signal ◽

Dynamic Range ◽

Photomultiplier Tube ◽

Signal Compression ◽

Wide Dynamic Range ◽

Radar Applications

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A Time-Over-Threshold Technique for Wide Dynamic Range Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy With the AGATA Detector

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science ◽

10.1109/tns.2009.2023905 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 56 (4) ◽

pp. 2384-2391 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

F. Zocca ◽

A. Pullia ◽

D. Bazzacco ◽

G. Pascovici

Keyword(s):

Gamma Ray ◽

Dynamic Range ◽

Wide Dynamic Range ◽

Gamma Ray Spectroscopy ◽

Threshold Technique

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Exploiting the wide dynamic range of silicon photomultipliers for quantum optics applications

EPJ Quantum Technology ◽

10.1140/epjqt/s40507-021-00093-z ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Silvia Cassina ◽

Alessia Allevi ◽

Valerio Mascagna ◽

Michela Prest ◽

Erik Vallazza ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quantum Optics ◽

Dynamic Range ◽

Photon Number ◽

Wide Dynamic Range ◽

Silicon Photomultipliers ◽

Acquisition Strategies ◽

Quantum Optical

AbstractSilicon photomultipliers are photon-number-resolving detectors endowed with hundreds of cells enabling them to reveal high-populated quantum optical states. In this paper, we address such a goal by showing the possible acquisition strategies that can be adopted and discussing their advantages and limitations. In particular, we determine the best acquisition solution in order to properly reveal the nature, either classical or nonclassical, of mesoscopic quantum optical states.

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Slow-Scan CCD Observation of Backscattering Patterns in SEM

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100131176 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 1308-1309

Author(s):

F. Ouyang ◽

D. A. Ray ◽

O. L. Krivanek

Keyword(s):

Electron Beam ◽

Electron Microscope ◽

Scanning Electron Microscope ◽

Dynamic Range ◽

High Sensitivity ◽

Lens System ◽

Wide Dynamic Range ◽

Peltier Cooler ◽

Diffraction Patterns ◽

Scanning Electron

Electron backscattering Kikuchi diffraction patterns (BKDP) reveal useful information about the structure and orientation of crystals under study. With the well focused electron beam in a scanning electron microscope (SEM), one can use BKDP as a microanalysis tool. BKDPs have been recorded in SEMs using a phosphor screen coupled to an intensified TV camera through a lens system, and by photographic negatives. With the development of fiber-optically coupled slow scan CCD (SSC) cameras for electron beam imaging, one can take advantage of their high sensitivity and wide dynamic range for observing BKDP in SEM.We have used the Gatan 690 SSC camera to observe backscattering patterns in a JEOL JSM-840A SEM. The CCD sensor has an active area of 13.25 mm × 8.83 mm and 576 × 384 pixels. The camera head, which consists of a single crystal YAG scintillator fiber optically coupled to the CCD chip, is located inside the SEM specimen chamber. The whole camera head is cooled to about -30°C by a Peltier cooler, which permits long integration times (up to 100 seconds).

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