Solid-state photodetectors working in the Geiger mode—known as Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) or MultiPixel Photon Counters (MPPC)—are currently being developed with increasingly large active areas. Potential applications for low-light-level detection were investigated with a MPPC, recently made available by Hamamatsu. The device was optically coupled with a scintillator and its performances, in terms of single photoelectron discrimination, were studied in a series of measurements under different operating conditions. An active control of the gain was implemented by a linear feedback on the operating voltage. The results of the tests are discussed.

Marrocchesi, P.S., Bagliesi, M.G., Batkov, K., Bigongiari, G., Kim, M.Y., Lomtadze, T., et al. (2009). Active control of the gain of a 3 mm x 3 mm Silicon Photomultiplier. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 602(2), 391-395 [10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.199].

Active control of the gain of a 3 mm x 3 mm Silicon Photomultiplier

MARROCCHESI, P. S.;BATKOV, K.;BIGONGIARI, G.;MAESTRO, P.;ZEI, R.
2009-01-01

Abstract

Solid-state photodetectors working in the Geiger mode—known as Silicon PhotoMultipliers (SiPM) or MultiPixel Photon Counters (MPPC)—are currently being developed with increasingly large active areas. Potential applications for low-light-level detection were investigated with a MPPC, recently made available by Hamamatsu. The device was optically coupled with a scintillator and its performances, in terms of single photoelectron discrimination, were studied in a series of measurements under different operating conditions. An active control of the gain was implemented by a linear feedback on the operating voltage. The results of the tests are discussed.
2009
Marrocchesi, P.S., Bagliesi, M.G., Batkov, K., Bigongiari, G., Kim, M.Y., Lomtadze, T., et al. (2009). Active control of the gain of a 3 mm x 3 mm Silicon Photomultiplier. NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH. SECTION A, ACCELERATORS, SPECTROMETERS, DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT, 602(2), 391-395 [10.1016/j.nima.2008.12.199].
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